Heerlen mayor criticises government marijuana policy

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Heerlen mayor criticises government marijuana policy

10 July 2014

Government policy on marijuana has created a monster whose tentacles are spreading throughout the country, the mayor of Heerlen told the Volkskrant on Monday.

Paul Depla, one of 35 mayors who want production of marijuana to be legalised, told the paper that government policy is making it far too easy for people to become criminals.

'Under the current policy, all you need is an attic and you can start growing marijuana,' Depla told the Volkskrant. 'This has created a monster with tentacles that reach everywhere.'

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'Under the current policy, all you need is an attic and you can start growing marijuana,' Depla told the Volkskrant. 'This has created a monster with tentacles that reach everywhere.' - See more at: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/07/heerlen_mayor_criticises_gover.php#sthash.JEJhd9MB.dpuf'Under the current policy, all you need is an attic and you can start growing marijuana,' Depla told the Volkskrant. 'This has created a monster with tentacles that reach everywhere.' - See more at: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/07/heerlen_mayor_criticises_gover.php#sthash.JEJhd9MB.dpuf

Government policy on marijuana has created a monster whose tentacles are spreading throughout the country, the mayor of Heerlen told the Volkskrant on Monday.

Paul Depla, one of 35 mayors who want production of marijuana to be legalised, told the paper that government policy is making it far too easy for people to become criminals.

- See more at: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/07/heerlen_mayor_criticises_gover.php#sthash.JEJhd9MB.dpuf

Government policy on marijuana has created a monster whose tentacles are spreading throughout the country, the mayor of Heerlen told the Volkskrant on Monday.

Paul Depla, one of 35 mayors who want production of marijuana to be legalised, told the paper that government policy is making it far too easy for people to become criminals.

- See more at: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/07/heerlen_mayor_criticises_gover.php#sthash.JEJhd9MB.dpuf

Government policy on marijuana has created a monster whose tentacles are spreading throughout the country, the mayor of Heerlen told the Volkskrant on Monday.

Paul Depla, one of 35 mayors who want production of marijuana to be legalised, told the paper that government policy is making it far too easy for people to become criminals.

- See more at: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/07/heerlen_mayor_criticises_gover.php#sthash.JEJhd9MB.dpuf