I'm writing about the story Cannabis suspects pack jails. It seems to me that in order to properly evaluate your nation's drug policies, you need to compare and contrast the drug policies of other nations with substantially different drug policies.I suggest that you use the United States and the Czech Republic for your comparison. In the Czech Republic citizens can legally use, possess, grow, sell or purchase small quantities of cannabis. In the United States, many otherwise law-abiding citizens are locked in prison cages for possessing, growing or selling various amounts of cannabis. [continues 134 words]
Nearly 60 persons, mostly of Vietnamese background, are now in custody in Norway after police raided yet another house south of Oslo Wednesday night and found a new cannabis plantation inside. The modest house in rural Enebakk contained nearly 500 cannabis plants, all being cultivated under sophisticated watering, lighting and heating systems that ravaged the home's interior. The raid was the latest in an ever-growing list of cannabis seizures, as police uncover a widespread covert network of hash and marijuana production in Norway. Similar operations have been uncovered in a long list of other countries as well, in Europe and North America. [continues 127 words]
A government-appointed commission will soon set off some political dynamite, reports newspaper Aftenposten. The commission recommends decriminalizing narcotics use and possession, liberalizing pornography rules and raising the blood-alcohol limit allowed for driving a car. The proposals are sure to spur heated debate among politicians who appointed the commission back in 1994 to "modernize" Norwegian laws. The commission's conclusions are due to be turned over to Justice Minister Odd Einar Dorum in March. The commission, according to Aftenposten, believes only the sale of narcotics should be penalized. Both usage and possession would be allowed under the commission's proposal. [continues 153 words]
