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Belgium to crack down on soft drugs
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12:12 10/10/2014
The new Belgian government has announced its intention to crack down on the possession and use of soft drugs, according to Belgian media. The government, under new Prime Minister Charles Michel, wants to put an end to what it sees as a “policy of tolerance”.
Possession of all drugs is prohibited in Belgium, but adults are currently not prosecuted for having up to 3 grams at home for personal use. The new government intends to change this.
In Antwerp, mayor Bart De Wever has already introduced a strict, low-tolerance policy against soft drug use.
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The new government is already showing some incompetence in putting energy into the wrong 'problems'... There are much more urgent and important matters than checking what people are doing with soft drugs that have even be legalised elsewhere. To the contrary, legalise soft drugs (which are less dangerous than alcohol), and cash on them to help pay police work against hard drugs, and stop playing the moral crusaders...