On 10-3-2016 11:59, Stephen wrote:
> On 3/10/2016 8:14 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>
>> The difficulty seems to be the impossibility to really pull weed out of
>> the criminal circuit. That is where most of the efforts fail in the end.
>
> Maybe impossible is not the right word. Legalising the herb would
> automatically do that. Okay that is a simplification and a lot of
> criminals would still be involved at the start as they have the networks.

Indeed. Legalising would have to be total /and/ everywhere, otherwise 
legal stuff will be hijacked towards non-legalised regions.

>
>> Politicians hardly want to burn their fingers on the issue and - not
>> irrelevant
>
> There is a lot of truth in that. They do not want to be seen to legalise
> a substance that they have been decrying for decades. I believe that
> there are several international treaties controlling the use of drugs
> and they would need to be revoked in case the wrath of the UN comes down
> on them.

I suppose international treaties are a major stumbling block, and then 
we are only talking about weed: the whole business of xtc and party 
drugs is yet another kettle of fish. All quite established in the main 
stream society today, yet hardly controlled or illegal-proof.

>
>
>> - the strength and resilience of the 'under'-world is a fair
>> match to the 'upper'-world.
>
> Indeed it is.
>

Unfortunately, and far from the awareness of the average citizen.

-- 
Thomas

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