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02-08-2014 09:48 PM |
Aloha !
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Originally Posted by Jim Bon Jovi
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Some interesting points Seb.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm sure studies have shown that folk in Holland as a % of the population consume less weed on average compared to many other countries in the EU (certainly in Britain anyway)
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Yeah, this is true. Back when I still had friends who smoked the occasional joint they'd mix it with tabacco or would share one with friends. When tourists come over they obviously want to get as much as possible so both will buy several joints or grams and will get as high as fast as possible. I don't really know what the situation is like in other countries is when it comes to sharing or mixing etc. Research however shows that Dutch people aren't that drug obsessed as many people seem to believe. I myself have never smoked a joint in my life and this was hard to believe for some Americans I met.
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Originally Posted by Jim Bon Jovi
(Post 1161625)
And of the issues you surmise (people giving up on college, memory loss, doing daft stuff like forgetting where they're staying) is this a big issue over there already? If not then why would it be an issue anywhere else where it was decriminalised? Plenty of folk flunk out of college and uni for a whole host of reasons.
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I'm not really sure on this either. Ever since I left school and got different friends I no longer really hang out with people that smoke as heavily as my friends at graphic school did. Some of my friends used to do so in the past, but have given up on it as they all got jobs and other responsibilities. They still smoke the occasional joint every few months after a party, but that's about it. Then again, I also know of some who, once their life went off track, resorted to weed again and started smoking a little bit too much.
The reason why I think it'd be a bigger problem in other countries is because many foreigners can't seem to be dealing with the free stuff here in Holland. Now I'm not saying the problems with foreigners are huge here, drug problems are relatively small compared to what some parties might like you to believe, but I think that's because we've all grown up with it. If you suddenly expose a person to a freedom, chances are he's going to abuse that freedom.
A pro I forgot to mention though, is that once the stuff becomes legal a lot of the bad stuff will no longer be bought on the street. You get "safe" drugs. A year or something ago they introduced the weed pass over here. What it means is that only Dutch people can get one, have to show it when buying weed and thus foreigners can't buy weed anymore. The logic behind this is that it'll stop drug tourism. It's been a stupid decision, because it gives drug dealers on the street a bigger chance to sell their bad drugs.
Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan
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