  chlen Ethically Challenged Premium join:2001-01-16 Albany, NY
| reply to LilYoda Re: Hardly surprising - allofmp3 was a pirate outfit
Marijuana is not officially legal in the Netherlands. It is tolerated, and not prosecuted. Coffee shops are technically illegal, since they carry more then a civil penalty quantity of marijuana. This allows the control enforcement of the shops. Officially the Dutch model as it is know is illegal in the Netherlands. Thus allowing for WTO membership, however many countries have expressed criticism, because like these MP3s the lack of borders and customs allow for easy distribution throughout the EU, it is of growing concern and have prompted such reaction as drug sniffing dogs on German-Dutch trains as well as automobile check points, as well as the opposite with so much marijuana coming out of Holland, Belgium, Denmark, and England are trying experimental trials with the Dutch model. -- "He who is not afraid today to say 'no' to the repressive machinery of a criminal bureaucracy earns the right to be called a Human Being." Join the Party |