Don’t Try Cannabis, Its Bad For Health, Netherlands PM Tells Canadians

NDTV 26 October 2018
Family First Comment:  The marijuana that you can buy today is so much stronger” than before, he said, “which is bad for the health, especially for the young. The best policy on drugs for yourself is no first use. It sounds conservative, but I would urge you: don’t try at all,” Dutch PM Rutte said.
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Asked to comment on the recent legalization of cannabis in Canada, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told the story of a relative whose marijuana over-consumption had serious mental health consequences.

Even though his own country is seen as a bastion of cannabis use in Europe, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is categorical: don’t try it.

He offered the advice Thursday during a visit to Canada, just one week after the country legalized the drug.

In the Netherlands the possession, consumption and sale of fewer than five grams of cannabis in special “coffee shops” has been allowed since 1976, and the European country is a long-time favorite destination of those wishing to use the drug.

But for the country’s prime minister, it’s better to keep a distance.

Asked to comment on the recent legalization of cannabis in Canada, he told the story of a relative whose marijuana over-consumption had serious mental health consequences.

“The marijuana that you can buy today is so much stronger” than before, he said, “which is bad for the health, especially for the young.”

“The best policy on drugs for yourself is no first use. It sounds conservative, but I would urge you: don’t try at all,” Rutte said in an address to Canadian high schoolers, accompanied by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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