Sweden urges city not to legalise cannabis
Lawmakers in southern Sweden have breathed new life into a smouldering Danish debate over decriminalising marijuana
The Copenhagen Post (Denmark)
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Thursday, November 22, 2012
In a letter to the mayor, elected officials from 19 local councils in southern Sweden told Jensen they “were against all measures that involve a relaxation of our attitude towards narcotics in the Øresund region”. Copenhagen mayor Frank Jensen and the City Council have pushed parliament to allow the controlled sale of cannabis as a way to wrest control of the drug trade from criminal gangs. (See also: Sweden 'self-sufficient' on marijuana: police)
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