More silliness from the current Dutch government

[marmar]

(Reuters) - Coffee shops in the Netherlands were left wondering on Saturday how to comply with restrictions announced by the Dutch government on the sale of "strong" cannabis, saying enforcement would be difficult given the laws on production.

The Netherlands is famous for its liberal soft drugs policies. A Dutch citizen can grow a maximum of five cannabis plants at home for personal use but large-scale production and transport is a crime.

On Friday, the coalition government said it would seek to ban what it considered to be highly potent forms of cannabis -- known as "skunk" -- placing them in the same category as hard drugs such as heroin or cocaine.

But the industry said the guidelines were not clear enough. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/08/us-dutch-cannabis-idUSTRE7970Q620111008

[truedelphi]

1. At least the Dutch will have the resources to figure out the problem

They aren't putting people in jail right and left as happens here. With no prison industry to support, the Dutch have a lot more money to spend analyzing the problems they face.

And they have well educated populace to employ to solve them, as their school budgets are not cut to the bone in order to build new prisons.