From: msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader)
Subject: US State Department on Drugs
Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 21:53:03 GMT

Our system currently has 31 of the recently posted information notices
for Americans online.  I was amused by a certain repetitive quality in
the following section in 30 of them.  (They're not quite all identical,
and the posting for Croatia did not have this section, but still.....)

It's clear that these documents are assembled from standard bits and
pieces, so this effect is not really surprising, but I was amused anyway.


Canada:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, and dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

Cyprus:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, and dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

Czechoslovakia:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, and dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

Denmark:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, and dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

Estonia:
   Drug Penalties: Penalties for possession, use, and dealing of 
   illegal drugs are high, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and heavy fines.

Finland:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, or dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

France:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, and dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect a jail 
   sentence and fines.

Georgia:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, and dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

Germany:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, or trafficking in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

Gibraltar:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, and dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

Greece:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, and trafficking in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.  Arrestees may spend up to 18 months in 
   pretrial confinement.

Greenland:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, and dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

Hungary:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, and dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

Iceland:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, or dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.  Driving under the influence of alcohol is 
   considered a serious matter, and the local authorities treat it as 
   such.

Ireland:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, or dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

Italy:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, or dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

Latvia:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, or dealing of 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

Liechtenstein:
   Drug Penalities:  Penalties for possession, use, or dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.  

Luxembourg:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, and dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

Malta:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, and dealing of 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

Moldova:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, and dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

Monaco:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, and dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

Netherlands:
   Drug Penalties:  The Netherlands enforces strict penalties for drug 
   possession and trafficking, when significant quantities or hard 
   drugs are involved.

Norway:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, or trafficking in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.  Mandatory jail sentences are also routine for 
   any alcohol abuse while driving. 

Poland:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, or dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and heavy fines.

Portugal:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, and dealing in 
   illegal drugs are high.  Convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and heavy fines.

Sweden:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, or trafficking in 
   illegal drugs are high, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.  Driving regulations and signs differ from 
   those in the U.S.  Moving violations, especially speeding and 
   driving under the influence of alcohol, are strictly enforced, and 
   fines can be severe.

Switzerland:
   Drug Penalties:  The penalties for possession, use, and dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

United Kingdom:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, and dealing in 
   illegal drugs are strict, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and fines.

Uzbekistan:
   Drug Penalties:  Penalties for possession, use, and dealing in 
   illegal drugs are high, and convicted offenders can expect jail 
   sentences and heavy fines.

-- 
Mark Brader		     "It is always dangerous to send authors to jail.
SoftQuad Inc., Toronto	      This removes their chief excuse for not writing."
utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com				-- Arthur C. Clarke

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