Dutch Police Insist on Smoking Marijuana Off-Duty
Apparently, American tourists aren’t the only ones enjoying Amsterdam's coffeeshops:
Police in Amsterdam are complaining over new rules banning them from smoking cannabis while off duty.Officers in the Dutch capital, famous for its liberal drugs laws, have been told they must set the public "a good moral example". [Daily Mail]
Oh, whatever. There's nothing immoral about using marijuana and no reason to look to off-duty police for moral leadership.
…Dutch police union chairman Hans van Duijn said: "Many of our members are opposed to this."They are not paid for 24-hours a day. What they do in their free time is up to them."
It may seem strange to encounter law-enforcement officers agitating for the right to use marijuana, but their argument is perfectly legitimate. Marijuana is only intoxicating for a short period of time, after which one becomes sober again. There's simply no reason on earth why police shouldn’t be allowed to enjoy marijuana off-duty.
But if you live in a country where this is the biggest drug policy controversy of the day, you probably have more to be grateful for than to complain about.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/19/2007 - 11:11amI couldn't agree more with the above post. Let's go Police Officers Against Prohibition!!
Cops should Drink Alcohol..... it's not a drug.
Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/21/2007 - 1:46pmThe Police should stick with Alcohol.....it's not a drug.....
It's safe...
they can drink all they want....
It won't hurt them.....it's not a drug........it's a liquid....
Getting Drunk is acceptable.....busting pot smokers is acceptable....
Drink, don't smoke........unless it's tobacco. Tobacco is good. Pot is bad.
Alcohol is good. Pot is bad.
Cigarettes are good. Pot is bad
I'm being sarcastic........
Please be Rational, Positive and Creative..............high or not..
Peace.
Lance
choose your poison
Comment posted by mlang52 on Sat, 12/22/2007 - 2:33pmYou made me laugh -- LOL!!!
Yikes!
Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/21/2007 - 4:17pmi never thought i'd agree with a cop about cannabis!
so, by the same "logic" are these off duty cops not allowed to go to prostitutes (also legal in the netherlands), either?
come on, if its legal then its legal for off duty officers...same goes for off duty teachers, doctors, nurses, pilots, bus drivers....
I wish the police in
Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/28/2007 - 3:23amI wish the police in Thailand were able to do the same!
great
Comment posted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/22/2008 - 12:59pmhmmm marijuana is great....but it can't be great without water bongs...check it: http://www.water-bongs-glass-pipes.com/
marijana not drugs to police
Comment posted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/19/2007 - 4:35amwe need more police officers like these in australia ,and the rest of the world.. we need a world revolution to allow pot smokers the right to smoke pot without fear of he men coppers kicking doors in to bust people for pot and we need more people who make these stupid laws against smoking a little pot to either legalise it or make all drugs illegal alcohol as well, coffee tobacco etc,why pick on yhe poor pot smokers it is a big hipicritcal society that says its all rigt to drink to u shit yourself but u cant have a couple of cones ,,wake up the rest of the world