Dutch Government Having A Hard Time Selling Off It's Pot Stash

[matcom]

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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- There's a whiff of crisis in the air at the Dutch Health Ministry: It's sitting on a pile of pot that it just can't sell.

The Netherlands rolled out a program last year that allows patients to buy prescription marijuana at any pharmacy. Some medical insurance policies cover at least part of the cost, but often not enough to offset the pharmacy price.

In a country where any adult can walk into a "coffee shop" and smoke a joint for much less than the government price, many say the experiment is a bust.

"I think it's a shame that they can't deliver a cannabis product a little bit cheaper than the coffee shops," said David Watson, head of Hortapharm, an Amsterdam-based company licensed to research and develop cannabis for pharmaceutical use.

"Why is it that a legal commodity is more expensive than an illegal commodity?"

http://www.wftv.com/newsofthestrange/3803394/detail.html

[peacefreak]

1. Do they export?

:smoke: Oh, right, * and those bad third world drugs. :evilgrin:

[Endangered Specie]

2. God, I so need to go there...

but I might never come back.