Ah, time for me to intervene... Wow, what an interesting debate from a fairly one-sided argument. I'm on the side of public safety, so the fuckers that created this lab can become someone else's in prison, for all I care. But onto Dutch policies; marijuana is illegal in Holland. Essentially, it is tolerated, along with everything else in Holland, but I do not live in a liberal, accepting country. The Netherlands is exhaustively conservative to no end, and drug regulation is the same. The government is very much big brother in the situation - that is why some coffee shops closed and there are no more licenses being given out - but it is tolerated. The key to life here is a Calvinist ethos; do whatever you choose, including X and Acid and all sorts of legal herbal shit you can get in the 'Smart Shop Drug Stores' here, as long as you don't bother or annoy anyone else. So to be honest, no one really cares about light drug use here. Using hard drugs could land you in jail for 10 years though. When it comes to pot, Were used to tourists blowing their brains out in the coffee shops, and most of my dutch friends do not smoke, myself included. I quit since I moved here. Plus the growing is regulated like water here, so no shadiness.. well, less shadiness. Saying that, marijuana is just not a big deal, as bad as cigarettes and coffee and alcohol. It's tolerated, but not accepted, nor legal.