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Refalm:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---why not ? what's wrong with the Netherlands ? (only thing that bothered me was the pointless No Smoking signs in the Amsterdam airport ... everyone smoked everywhere, and the smoke got everywhere anyway ... but unless you live in the airport that shouldn't matter)
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The political climate has gone all conservative and liberal.
But you tourists won't notice anything, this only affects those who actually live here.
--- Quote from: etement ---I plan to go there one day. somebody told me it's the smoking (ganja) mecca.
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I guess if you're used to shitty drugs laws, it is ;)
Calum:
well, i might agree that the drugs laws in netherlands are shitty, however i have to say the ones in the UK are shittier (basically it's "illegal drugs are bad mkay, legal drugs are good *). i suspect a properly administrated set of drugs laws on the model of the netherlands would work best, but then a properly administrated set of laws about anything has a high chance of being better than what we usually have to put up with.
* we're talking about valium, methodone, all sorts of steroids and downers, it's shocking what you can put your body through legally and they don't tell you the risks!
Refalm:
--- Quote from: Calum ---well, i might agree that the drugs laws in netherlands are shitty
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I was refering to the US drugs law being shitty :rolleyes:
H_TeXMeX_H:
Do you realize that if there were no drinking age fewer people would drink. The fact that you restrict people from doing something makes them want to do it even more. (at least that's the theory behind it, and I believe it makes a lot of sense)
For example ... if a book is banned what do you wanna do ? read it, of course ... no, no, you have to not read it cuz it's not meant for you to know ...
worker201:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---Do you realize that if there were no drinking age fewer people would drink. The fact that you restrict people from doing something makes them want to do it even more.
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I don't think your theory tells the whole story. Some people want to get fucked up, and that's the plain simple truth. Access isn't even an issue. Drink and drug restrictions are nothing more than an annoyance to the would-be user - a hurdle between the craver and his satisfaction.
However, we don't want 9-year-olds buying beer, do we?
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