The Netherlands in the Washington Post
In today's Washington Post there are two large articles about the Netherlands. The first one, on the frontpage, is a background story on the murderer of Theo van Gogh. It describes how this guy radicalized over time into a fanatic terrorist. At first I didn't recognize the name of the murderer, Mohammed Bouyeri, because in most Dutch newspapers his names is depicted as "Mohammed B.".
The other article deals with an experiment by the Dutch government to distribute cannabis through pharmacies for people with certain (terminal) illnesses. The experiment is not as succesful as was expected, mainly because the price of cannabis in the pharmacies is almost double the price in "coffee shops", where cannabis is sold for recreational use.
The Washington Post newspaper is published every day of the week. Just like the Dutch newspaper's Saturday editions, the Post's Sunday edition is extra large. Actually, we bought today's (Sunday's) edition yesterday, on Saturday -- there is an "early Sunday edition" available that obviously does not contain the news up to Sunday, but does come with the extra parts that are pre-produced anyway. It's great to have such a huge paper in the weekend.
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The Netherlands in the Washington Post
Theo van Gogh is a dead link (i am aware of the ambiguity, but ...)
The Netherlands in the Washington Post
Fixed it; sorry.
The Netherlands in the Washington Post
Not only is the cannabis sold through pharmacies more expensive, it is also much "weaker" because they contain less THC's (the active drug in cannabis). This is because phamarcies are required to grow cannabis in controlled area's and use only seeds from controlled sources.
They simply have no access to the "super weed" seeds and professional growing equipment used by weed farmers in Amsterdam.
Good Amsterdam weed and a bong are a lot better than the burocrat controlled stuff.
my 2 cents.
Rolf