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Weed accessories

Beer, chocolate, clothes, playing cards, scales, pipes. Cannabis shops in Switzerland sell all kinds of marijuana-related items. Everything, that is, except the drug itself.

Swiss law bans the sale of cannabis with a THC rate of more than 1%. The Federal Health Office can allow its sale however in some cases, such as for therapeutic reasons. Sales of the items bearing the famous cannabis leaf symbol are still thriving though.

(Pictures: Thomas Kern)

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