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Tuesday, October 24, 2006
"The high and mighty take dim view of medicinal cannabis"...UK: The Star
The Hague - Dutch prosecutors have asked the country's highest court to quash an appeals court decision allowing a man suffering from MS to grow his own cannabis. "We introduced an appeals motion yesterday before the Supreme Court," Marina Weel, spokesperson for the prosecutor's office in Leeuwaarden, said. The government argues that the appeals court decision authorising Wim Moorlag (51) to grow enough dagga to alleviate the pain caused by his condition would set a dangerous precedent, leading to abuses of the country's otherwise tolerant drug laws. It is legal in the Netherlands to sell and consume small amounts of dagga and hashish in licensed cafés, but growing and trafficking the drugs are banned....more |