Massive increase in Youth Smoking Pot, Netherlands to revise Cannabis laws
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Along with “canal” and “dyke”, young people visiting this city will learn some other interesting words in a very short time - words such as “cannabis”, “bong”, and “marijuana”. The words are hard to avoid, especially in the tourist area that boasts a museum devoted to “hash”.
But mere words are the least of a parent’s worry here.
Residents are increasingly concerned that school-age children are being harmed by the long-standing policy of tolerance towards limited use of soft drugs. Children as young as 12 are “feeling pressured to try marijuana,” as one parent put it. In response, government officials at both the municipal and national level are now taking steps to revise the country’s drug strategy.
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I hope, they're fighting a losing battle. If they get what they want it will cost the Dutch dearly in tourism, and with the high price of a "drug war" that will never be "won."
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