BERLIN (Reuters) - A 52-year-old man from the German town of Darmstadt tried in vain to get a refund for 400 euros ($475) worth of what he said was "bad marijuana" from his dealer before turning to the police for help, according to authorities.
The police then charged the man with violating drugs possession laws and confiscated the 200 grams of marijuana he brought with him to the police station, according to a report in Bild am Sonntag newspaper Sunday.
"It is un-usable," the man told police in the hope they would help him get his money back. Amounts of up to 30 grams of marijuana are allowed in most German states for private consumption.
Either this is a case of you get what you pay for or the real story is buried in the facts of the story. 400 Euros for 200 grams? That is insanely cheap by American standards and I would have thought cheap by Dutch standards. Is this proof of the benefits of legalization? Even if this guy should have tried before he bought, look at the economics. Removing the artificial dearness of a plant product removes the incentive for the nastiest of organized crime to be involved. The worst you can expect is to be sold a bunch of shake? There is another sotry here that needs to be covered.
Posted by: Not on this one | February 26, 2006 at 12:16 PM