French Marijuana Laws. Historically, punishment for marijuana possession in France has been harsh, with a zero tolerance policy against use, possession and trafficking. Since 1994, the laws have been under scrutiny, both because of mounting public pressure to reform and financial pressure on the country.
devaluation - an official lowering of a nation's currency; a decrease in the value of a country's currency relative to that of foreign countries. regulating, regulation - the act of controlling or directing according to rule; fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians.
Instead of printing currencies of higher denominations, the government now decided to change the currency. The new currency (known as the 2nd Zimbabwean Dollar) had a value 10,000,000,000 (10 billion) times the earlier Zimbabwean Dollar. If you have grasped the concept, you would be able to guess that this step won't change things for the better in any significant way.