Castle in the clouds

Finland’s strict drug laws have put a cannabis farmer behind bars – but he feels he’s done nothing wrong

Joonatan Pitkänen had long been possessed by nightmares. Bone-chilling, dread-inducing, viciously recurring nightmares. They always followed the same formula: asleep in bed, he’s jolted awake by the sound of thunderous pounding on the front door. He leaps to his feet and looks out the window to see his front yard full of police cars. He hears the door burst open and footsteps hammer up the stairs of the three-storey yellow house.

Finland’s strict drug laws have put a cannabis farmer behind bars – but he feels he’s done nothing wrong

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