Open letter to Antonio Maria Costa by Freek Polak

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Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Vienna

6 December 2008

Dear Mr. Costa,

On 6 December 2007 at the Drug Policy Alliance Conference in New Orleans I asked you the following question:

“Why, after more than 30 years of regulated availability to adults over 18 years, is cannabis use in the Netherlands lower than in most European countries and the USA - and not higher, as would be expected if the prohibition of illicit drugs really was effective?

 

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haha i love that guy. Costa must be cursing him

 

[JJJ]

This video should be posted here as well: Polak interrupting Costa during a U.N. meeting on drugs. Polak is great.

 

[Jelleb]

I love the dutch.

 

[ararat]

polak is my hero
it was funny, I met him in portugal once, in the inner country in a small village. I was delighted to drink some wine with him.

 

[JJJ]

 

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^^english summary, please?

 

[Twilight]

It basically sums up what's being said in the open letter.
It doesn't contain a reply from Costa.

I'm curious if he already replied in the mean time.