A Dutch judge in The Hague Friday upheld a law banning foreigners from entering the country's famous marijuana coffee houses. That means that as of next week, foreigners will be unable to purchase marijuana at coffee houses in three southern border provinces.
CANNABIS CULTURE - 4/20 2012 saw higher numbers of people than ever before. Rally-goers in Canada, the USA, and other parts of the world sparked joints in stoner solidarity and opposition to the global Drug War. See American and global cannabis celebrations on camera in Part 2 of our video series.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Thousands of people with a passion for pot gathered in cities around the world yesterday to celebrate 4/20. But it wasn't only stoners and activists who showed up at the reefer rallies; the mainstream media was also out in force, getting the story (and getting high from second-hand smoke).
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is flying to a weekend summit in Colombia where his hard line on drugs will put him at odds with some Latin American leaders who are calling for a debate over whether drug use should be decriminalized.
The United States have spent billions on coca plant busts; if passed, the bill would eliminate the threat of prison for illicit crop production in Colombia.
President Obama hosted the leaders of Mexico and Canada on Monday in a White House summit aimed at boosting the region's growing economic ties, but the scourge of drug violence in Mexico muddled the message and highlighted friction between the neighbors.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Marijuana smokers from around the world will join together with joints blazing on April 20, 2012 for the annual global smoke-session known as 4/20.