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| Subject: Rights violation: Dutch to reclassify high-strength cannabis Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:35 am | |
| The famous cannabis-selling coffee shops of the Netherlands are facing new tighter restrictions.
The Dutch government is reclassifying high-strength cannabis to put it in the same category as hard drugs.
It says the amount of the main active chemical in the drug, THC, has gone up, making it far more potent than a generation ago.
It means the coffee shops will be forced to take the popular, high-strength varieties off their shelves.
Dutch politicians say high-strength cannabis, known as "skunk", is more dangerous than it was before.
In the future, anything containing more than 15% THC will be treated the same way as hard drugs, such as cocaine and ecstasy.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15225270 |
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