Residents Of Danish Hippie Enclave Christiania Call For End Of Cannabis Sales Amid Rising Violence
www.forbes.com
Once a paradise enclave for hippies, Christiania Freetown has turned into a battleground where gangs vie for control over the illegal drug trade.

Another article https://www.thelocal.dk/20230828/christiania-wants-pusher-street-closed-for-good-after-gang-shooting

The press release (in Danish) https://www.christiania.org/artikler/pressemeddelelse-christianias-faellesmoede-beslutter-at-pusher-street-skal-lukke/

    • Egon [they/them]
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      10 months ago

      Yeah, for an illegal drug market it's pretty chill, probably won't stay that way in the rest of the city now though

  • boredtortoise@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    Very complicated. Christiania is a great place and violence doesn't belong anywhere (ok maybe contact sports kinda?).

    The cannabis market won't disappear either with this decision (and it shouldn't). Gears of bureaucracy will take a long time for Denmark to get a legal market.