Einen etwas anderen Christbaum entdeckte die Polizei in der Wohnung eines "Alt-68er" in Koblenz: Der Hippie hatte einen Hanfbaum mit einer Lichterkette geschmückt.

Einen eher ungewöhnlichen Weihnachtsbaum hat die Polizei bei einem Haschisch-Fan in Rheinland-Pfalz entdeckt: Er hatte eine gut zwei Meter hohe Hanfpflanze in einen Christbaumständer gesetzt und mit einer Lichterkette geschmückt, teilte die Polizei in Koblenz am Mittwoch mit. Auf Nachfrage erklärte der "Alt-68er" aus dem Westerwald, dass er den "Baum" noch weiter schmücken und an Weihnachten auch die Geschenke darunter legen werde.

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he European Union will not block any initiative of EU Member States to start the legal regulation of cannabis and other currently illegal drugs. This was repeatedly stated by Dana Spinant, the new Coordinator of the European Commissions Anti-Drugs Unit, at a Public Hearing on Drug Policies in the European Parliament today.

The hearing was organised by Member of European Parliament Michael Tremopoulos (Greens, Greece) and ENCOD, a coalition of citizens for drug policy reform. It brought together the expertise of representatives of civil society -among others leading Spanish activist for legal cannabis Martin Barriuso, spokesman of the Union of Dutch Coffeeshops Marc Josemans, and Richard Cowan, former director of NORML, USA’s largest reform organisation. Members of European Parliament Rui Tavares (GUE, Portugal) and Dennis de Jong (GUE, Netherlands) also spoke at the event.

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A two-metre (six-foot) marijuana plant decorated as a Christmas tree was confiscated from the home of "an old hippie", who is now facing a drug possession charge, German police said Wednesday.

In a tongue-in-cheek press release titled "All you need is love or how a hippie celebrates Christmas," police in the western city of Koblenz said they discovered the giant plant in the living room of the suspect.

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Customs authorities seized 312kg of marijuana worth an estimated Ft 630 million at Röszke on the Serbian border at the weekend.

The driver tried to escape but was caught on the Serb side of the border.

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Plans to introduce special passes for cannabis café users in Eindhoven and surrounding towns in an effort to stamp out drugs related violence, will have the opposite effect, Tilburg university researcher Nicole Maalsté says in Monday’s Trouw.

The government hopes coffee shops will become smaller and less vulnerable to organised crime if only locals can use them.

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Around £30,000 was recovered from the house and separate quantities of what appears to be uncut heroin were found in the house and in nearby bushes.

Two men aged 48 and 38 and three women aged 40, 43, and 71 have been arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A drugs and money laundering. They remain in custody.

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The hit squad drove up about 10 p.m. in a pair of sporty cars, one Italian the other German, and opened fire with AK-47 assault rifles smuggled in from Eastern Europe.

When the dry crack of gunfire went silent, a 16-year-old drug-runner lay mortally wounded and an 11-year-old boy who had gone out with his sister for pizza was bleeding profusely from rounds that slammed into his foot and, after piercing his arm, ripped a hole in his throat.

With that attack on the evening of Nov. 19 in the dark alleys between low-rent public housing blocks at Clos La Rose on the northeastern edge of the city, Marseille's discreet drug wars suddenly went public. Officials said they were aghast to see teenagers being executed and expressed fear that in some neighborhoods drug gangs might be spinning out of control.

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In den Niederlanden sollen die ersten Coffeeshops geschlossen werden. Wie das Justizministerium mitteilte, unterliegen die Haschischlokale künftig strengeren Auflagen. Viele werden ganz dicht gemacht, die verbleibenden in geschlossene Clubs umgewandelt. Vermögen aus Straftaten wird unter Anwendung von Steuergesetzen beschlagnahmt. Fünf Städte im Süden des Landes beteiligen sich an der Maßnahme.

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