Oh okay so its cool to legalize heroin but marijuana possession is still a criminal act....yeah that makes sense

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081130/ap_on_re_eu/eu_switzerland_heroin_vote

I can't really begin to fathom the hypocrisy involved with a decision like this; this idiocy on the parts of the voters is on the same level as the Proposition 8 fiasco in California last month. According to the yahoo news article, 68% of voters approved making the heroin program permanent because it has been credited with reducing crime and improving the health and daily lives of addicts since it began 14 years ago but only 36.8% voted for decriminalizing marijuana.

Sorry to break it you Switzerland...everyone knows the best marijuana in Europe outside of Amsterdam is grown in your backyard. Furthermore the excuse that you don't want Switzerland to turn into a tourist attraction for pot smokers like in the Netherlands is also backwards. People don't just come to Amsterdam for the weed they come for the prostitution, tulips and Van Gogh museum. That and I forgot to mention tourists also get high and visit Anne Frank's house.

This so-called Swiss initiative is reminiscent of other similarly themed government programs that offer its citizenry free needles in exchange for clean ones. To my knowledge these programs have not curbed the use of intravenous drug use but only has encouraged it.

Either way I will not be traveling to Switzerland for the drugs. I can get better heroin in Camden (which until a few years ago had the purest heroin in the United States).