I will admit, Cenk gets out of hand with the Netherlands. Personally, I think there's a lot to learn from their harm reduction strategy, but in my opinion they do not go far enough. DRUGS are NOT LEGAL in the Netherlands. If anyone has been to Amsterdam, they know they can only go to coffee houses and buy small amounts of weed or hashish, though technically it's not legal.
Personally I find it ridiculous that you can't even have a frickn' beer with your smoke at a coffee house, but I'll save that rant for another day. Just last year they banned shrooms so check tripping balls in the Redlight District off your things to do list. Don't plan on any hard drugs jumping out and taking over your body because these too are illegal. Next thing you know, they're going to start banning the legal testing of drugs like MDMA so more people will get all f'd up on sh*t laced with who knows what - have fun kids! It sounds like we need to start showing the Netherlands how to have a healthy drug policy and that's where Cenk's views come in.
You're right, hard drugs aren't legal in the Netherlands, and Cenk keeps misrepresenting that fact. It kinda pisses me off, too. Cenk is definately wrong if he wnats to completely legalize hard drugs (he hasn't been very specific on that).
Heroin can turn you into an addict for life at your first shot, so there's no way people should be able to buy it wthout restrictions. People who are already addicted to it should be able to buy it in some places that are controlled by the authorities, anything to get the gangs out of business. They should be treated like patients, not criminals. Anyway, Cenk has to get much more specific on that issue.
