Switzerland
In Switzerland, many tourists have gotten quality cannabis from street dealers near Zurich's central train station, which some potheads jokingly refer to as the HempBahnhoff. Reputable street dealers can be found in the back streets near the station. During warm weather, parks on the north side of Lake Zurich are where you can meet friendly dreadlockers who sell small bags of cannabis.
Until 2005, visitors could stop at hemp stores and similar shops to buy "Indian Tea", "Potpourri", and "Hemp Sachets", which were quality cannabis. The Swiss government has apparently closed most of those shops; the few remaining are very cautious about selling cannabis products.
The website for the Drug Prevention Network of the Americas, at dpna.org had this to say about Switzerland's drug policies in 2005: "Regarding police intervention, it can be said that when young people are found in the street with small amounts of drugs on, they have to pay a fine. Sometimes they are sent to a drug advice center to be informed about the harmful effects of drugs. Mostly, the parents will be informed if these people are under age. Hemp shops have been closed all over the country. In many cities in the German and Italian speaking part of Switzerland there have been drug raids in hemp planting areas. Most of the retailers were closed and the crops found were confiscated and burned. In Basel the police closed 28 of 32 shops last year. The same happened in Berne and two years before in the Italian speaking Canton Tessin. The immense production of hemp plants, which was partly exported to the north of Italy, was confiscated and the persons responsible were charged with drug producing and trafficking."
- Basel
- Biel - Bienne
- Chur
- Geneva
- Interlaken
- Lugano
- Zurich
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