Monday, 18. June 2007
Topic: DRUGS - on June 18, 2007 at 10:27:00 AM CEST
Pacific island in spin over planned pro-marijuana conference
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AFP) - A proposed pro-marijuana conference to be held in the US-administered Northern Mariana Islands has led to a bizarre row among local legislators.
Opponents of the conference of Californian-based activists advocating that marijuana should be legalised have suggested the territory should be renamed the Northern Marijuana Islands.
But the cash-strapped government says the conference would be a boon for the sagging tourism industry.
"We welcome anybody who wants to hold a conference here, whether it be to discuss marijuana or not," government spokesman Charles Reyes said Thursday.
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