Decriminalisation would help stop gang warfare say Town Hall pols
10. februar 2012, 13:50 – opdateret 10. februar 2012, 13:58
A political majority at Copenhagen Town Hall is pushing for cannabis to be decriminalised.
In a joint letter, four out of five local politicians have appealed to Minister of Justice Morten Bødskov to set up a trial run to test the effects of legalising the popular drug. The Social Democrats' spokesman on social affairs, Lars Aslan Rasmussen, said current drug policy hasn't worked in curbing organised crime and gang warfare so it's time for a re-think.
“To stop drug abuse we've got to control what's being sold," he said."It's better for the state to do that than biker or immigrant gangs."
A similar proposal in 2010 was rejected out of hand by the previous government but Mr Rasmussen expressed hope that the new centre-left coalition would be more willing to accept the current prohibition policies have been a disaster for Copenhagen.
