Pubdate: Thu, 27 Mar 2003
Source: Orlando Sentinel (FL)
Copyright: 2003 Orlando Sentinel
Contact:  http://www.orlandosentinel.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/325

HASHISH DEALERS GO ON STRIKE AS DENMARK CURBS SALES

Denmark -- Hashish dealers in Christiania, the Danish capital's famed 
hippie enclave, closed shop Wednesday to protest a government crackdown on 
sales of the drug. Hashish is illegal in Denmark, a Scandinavian country of 
5.3 million, but sales in Christiania have been tolerated since the 
enclave's foundation in 1971. There were no deals Wednesday inside the 
mini-city. On the pocked and cracked Pusher Street, the multicolored hash 
stands were empty, with plans for the 20 or so dealers to stay on strike 
through Friday.