Dutch politicians fight drugs rap duel
Those pushing for the liberalisation of laws on the growth and sale of cannabis have been rallying around a record by an established band featuring guest vocals by the mayor.
Maastricht is close to the border with Germany and Belgium and attracts some 1.5 million 'drug tourists' a year, who cram into 'coffee shops' where use of the drug is tolerated.
Its mayor, Gerd Leers, lent his modest rapping talents to a song calling for an end to the anomaly whereby cannabis use is not prosecuted but its sale and production is.
His song, That's just dope, was released as a single a few weeks ago and attracted favourable publicity. Lines from the mayor's song run:
'A joint is allowed, as long as the grower is never seen,
Weed-a-weed-a-weed-a-weed
That's ridiculous, isn't it?
Don't be so hypocritical,
Allowing half doesn't work.'
This weekend the minister hit back. The ministry website carries a photograph of Mr Donner, re-named 'The Don', singing at a microphone and looking deeply uncomfortable.
The chorus of his rap song runs:
'This is Donner of the Just-ice,
I work with the pol-ice,
I shove that dope aside,
Because an addicted Netherlands,
Is something I don't want to see.'
Source: Telegraph.co.uk
