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10/11/13 9:39 PM

#211768 RE: poster44ny #211618

When It Comes To Marijuana, North Korea Appears To Have Liberal Policy Of Tolerance

Marijuana in North Korea is not treated as a drug, according to multiple reports. In this photo, freelance writer Darmon Richter smokes a joint at a restaurant in the northern North Korean town of Rason while a news program plays on a TV in the background.

Bag of pot that journalist Darmon Richter bought at a market in Rason, North Korea, for about 80 cents.

Freelance writer Darmon Richter took this photo at a North Korean restaurant in the northern town of Rason, where he and his fellow tourists smoked "joint after joint," yet the waitress "didn't seem to mind."
10/10/2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/08/marijuana-in-north-korea_n_4067341.html [with comments]