Perspective: Taking a Leaf From the Lawbook in Amsterdam ; Dope, Hash, Ganja, Wacky Baccy, Weed. Call It What You Want, the Argument Is Raging Over Whether Cannabis Should Be Downgraded in Britain. Emma Brady Looks at How the Drug's Reclassification Compares to Other Parts of the World

Birmingham Post › January 23, 2004

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Amsterdam is the Mecca for pot pilgrims, where the young (and not so young) can kick back and relax with a spliff in one of its many coffee shops or hash bars.

But even in Europe's most tolerant city 'the weed' is not 100 per cent legal.

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Perspective: Taking a Leaf From the Lawbook in Amsterdam ; Dope, Hash, Ganja, Wacky Baccy, Weed. Call It What You Want, the Argument Is Raging Over Whether Cannabis Should Be Downgraded in Britain. Emma Brady Looks at How the Drug's Reclassification Compares to Other Parts of the World

John Travolta, coolly attempted to explain the cannabis conundrum in Quentin Tarantino's cult movie Pulp Fiction. 'It's legal to buy it, it's legal to own it and, if you're the proprietor of a hash bar, it's legal to sell it,' he enthuses.

'It's legal to carry it, which d...

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