Uproar Over Reporter’s Plan to Use Drugs on Air
A reporter for a new Dutch television talk show plans to use heroin and other illegal drugs on the air during the weekly program on issues that concern young people, producers said.
“Shoot Up and Swallow” is scheduled to premiere Oct. 10 and has sparked an outcry even in the Netherlands, where marijuana is sold and used openly.
Justice Ministry spokesman Ivo Hommes said it was not immediately clear whether reporter Filemon Wesselink could be prosecuted. Police usually do not arrest anyone with less than half a gram of heroin.
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