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narcotics that aged legislation does not prohibit. With four such shops in
the town of Český Těšín alone, the government fears an explosive
problem on the horizon if the law is not amended to ban the new market, but
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before. Today I spoke with the government’s antidrug coordinator,
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Current AffairsCzech, Polish presidents make pilgrimage to peak of Mount Sněžka
The presidents of Poland and the Czech Republic climbed to the summit of
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