THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) — For half a century, the Netherlands has lived with a contradiction. Any adult could walk into a coffeeshop, order a joint and light up under the tolerant gaze of the law.
Just don’t ask where that cannabis came from — that’s where things got illegal. Though retail sales were tolerated, largescale production and distribution were not. Policymakers and scholars called it unsustainable and “the backdoor problem.” Criminals called it profitable.
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