Items tagged with netherlands
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| Drug Decriminalisation Across the World [31.12.2030] | The criminalisation of people who use drugs compounds drug-related challenges and worsens health and welfare outcomes. Across the world, there is a g ... |
| Dutch cannabis cafes see rise in business during COVID-19 pandemic [13.12.2021] | The cannabis trade in the Netherlands booms despite the current coronavirus restrictions. Whether it is to calm their anxiety or ease the boredom of ... |
| In first for Europe, Malta to legalize recreational marijuana, with several other countries on the cusp [13.12.2021] | “The transatlantic winds of change that have been blowing in the Americas for a while have now reached the shores in Europe,” Tom Blickman of the Ams ... |
| After Malta, Germany set to make pot mainstream [02.12.2021] | The European Union is currently a hotchpotch of different approaches to cannabis use, ranging from complete prohibition to different levels of decrim ... |
| ABN raises charges for coffeeshops by 1000% to cover money laundering costs [28.10.2021] | ABN AMRO is raising its bank charges for coffeeshops by 1000% to cover the costs of complying with anti-money laundering laws. From January coffeesho ... |
| A roundup of countries that permit recreational cannabis [15.10.2021] | Marijuana may be an issue of easy agreement in the ongoing coalition talks between Germany's leading parties. Despite numerous points of contention, ... |
| 40 mayors call on next Dutch government to legalise marijuana [23.09.2021] | Almost 40 Dutch mayors, mainly from the south of the Netherlands, have signed a manifesto calling on the government to legalise soft drugs (cannabis) ... |
| Antwerp and Rotterdam are new epicentre of European cocaine trade [09.09.2021] | The increased use of shipping containers to conceal drugs has made the high volume ports of Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg the new epicentre of the E ... |
| Licenced marijuana experiment may be delayed: NOS [01.07.2021] | A Dutch experiment involving the licenced production and sale of cannabis which is due to start this autumn is likely to be delayed, broadcaster NOS ... |
| MDMA gangs are literally polluting Europe [18.06.2021] | Noxious dumps in “drug pits” is one of many new ways drug gangs in the Netherlands and Belgium are disposing of the toxic waste created in one of the ... |
| Autistic man set out of home ‘after growing single cannabis plant’ [18.06.2021] | The mayor of a town in North Brabant has been accused of acting too harshly after allegedly setting an autistic man out of his home when he was disco ... |
| Experts warn that keeping tourists out of Amsterdam coffee shops won’t be easy [26.05.2021] | Suggestions that foreign tourists be banned from Amsterdam’s cannabis cafes, or coffee shops, have been greeted with alarm by experts. ‘The plan is d ... |
| Free heroin could help Scotland shake off unwanted drugs death title [16.05.2021] | The professor behind Dutch addicts getting taxpayer-funded heroin has called on the Scottish Government to do the same in its fight against drugs. Re ... |
| Tough local drug law enforcement ‘making innocent people homeless’ [14.05.2021] | Tough anti-drug enforcement is making innocent citizens and children homeless, according to ombudsmen in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague. Each yea ... |
| The forgotten history of European drug-dealer activism [30.04.2021] | Today, the contributions of drug suppliers towards harm reduction efforts remain mostly neglected by history, although some within the grassroots end ... |
| Colombia’s cartels target Europe with cocaine, corruption and torture [11.04.2021] | At 5am on a chilly Tuesday morning last month, 1,600 police officers and balaclava-wearing special forces, bristling with arms and battering rams, we ... |
| Will XTC-Shops replace dealers in the future? [02.03.2021] | It’s Friday night. You’re planning on going to a festival with your friends. But first you take your bicycle and you take a trip to the ‘XTC-shop’. T ... |
| Mayor: no more weed for tourists in Amsterdam [12.01.2021] | The mayor is taking steps to change Amsterdam's image as the international cannabis capital. Coffeeshops attracted an estimated 1.5 million tourist v ... |
| Blown off: Amsterdam will ban foreign tourists from coffeeshops in future [08.01.2021] | Foreign tourists will be banned from coffeeshops in Amsterdam in future. In a letter to the council, mayor Femke Halsema, the public prosecution serv ... |
| Dutch high hopes for legal cannabis farms hit by nimby protests [03.01.2021] | A Dutch trial of state-regulated cannabis cultivation farms to supply coffee shops risks being derailed by an outbreak of nimbyism after locals prote ... |
| Netherlands to draw 10 recreational marijuana growers this week [30.11.2020] | The Dutch government will hold a draw to choose 10 marijuana cultivators for the country’s upcoming pilot program, according to a letter to Parliamen ... |
| Residents-only rule for coffeeshops proposed in Amsterdam [25.09.2020] | Amsterdam city council is gearing up for a new discussion on banning non-residents from its coffeeshops next month, after two new proposals were subm ... |
| Poor IT skills mean investigations into money laundering rarely bear fruit [27.07.2020] | Only a handful of the tens of thousands of annual reports of suspected money laundering end up in court case because watchdog staff lack IT expertise ... |
| Amount of cocaine intercepted by Dutch customs doubled in first half of 2020 [16.07.2020] | Customs officers seized twice as much cocaine in the first six months of 2020 than in the same period last year. More than 25,000 kilograms of the dr ... |
| Netherlands clarifies application process to grow adult-use cannabis [16.07.2020] | The Dutch government wants to clear up several issues regarding the application process to grow legal recreational marijuana. The process is part of ... |
| Is the Netherlands finally heading for legalisation? [01.07.2020] | Supplying coffeeshops with cannabis is illegal, so this is being done through a complicated ‘back-door’ policy. There might be a change coming with t ... |
| Switzerland releases details on recreational marijuana experiment, but full legalization likely years away [17.06.2020] | The lower house of Switzerland’s Federal Assembly approved a bill paving the way for a pilot research program that would permit the temporary product ... |
| Netherlands to open applications for cannabis grow experiment next month [10.06.2020] | The Dutch government will start accepting applications in July from potential cultivators for its adult-use cannabis experiment. From July 1 until Ju ... |
| Dutch and Mexican gangs are teaming up to sell high-end meth to Asia [14.05.2020] | A new and rapidly evolving Dutch meth trade shows evidence of collusion between Mexican and Dutch organized crime groups to produce and traffic high ... |
| Dutch marijuana back on sale, but don't forget to wash your hands [31.03.2020] | While most of the Netherlands struggles through the coronavirus lockdown, marijuana smokers received the welcome news that “coffee shops” selling the ... |
| Cannabis cafes can offer takeaways to head off the return of street dealers [16.03.2020] | Dutch cannabis cafes, or coffee shops, have been told they can open their doors for ‘takeaway’ deals, a day after the government ordered them shut un ... |
| Amsterdam to crack down on weed tourism and coffeeshops [14.02.2020] | Amsterdam is exploring how to make cannabis less of a tourist attraction and, at the same time, crack down on the illegal supply chain, according to ... |
| High time: Netherlands moves to clean up absurd cannabis policy [06.02.2020] | If there’s one contradiction that goes to the heart of why Dutch drugs policy has lost its way, it’s this: that while it’s legal for “coffee shops” t ... |
| MPs, health experts and lawyers call for new approach to drugs [20.01.2020] | MPs, television celebrities, lawyers, leading lights from the dance scene and health experts are among the 79 people who signed a manifesto calling f ... |
| Birthplace of semi-legal pot risks falling behind U.S. [13.01.2020] | Since the Netherlands decriminalized marijuana in 1976, Amsterdam’s “coffee shops” have become a destination for weed lovers from around the globe. B ... |
| No joke: Dutch to ban the sale of laughing gas for recreational use [09.12.2019] | The Dutch government is planning to ban the sale of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, for recreational use. The decision follows several warnings about ... |
| Dutch fear making a hash of cannabis reform [05.12.2019] | The Netherlands has long been a mecca for buzz-seeking tourists on account of its lax cannabis laws. What many of them don't know is that cannabis is ... |
| Criminals launder €13bn a year in the Netherlands, most crime cash is Dutch [13.11.2019] | At least €13bn is laundered through the Netherlands on an annual basis, with most of the money coming from Dutch criminal enterprises, according to n ... |
| Regulated marijuana trial must not encourage use, ministers say [30.10.2019] | The Dutch government experiment with regulated marijuana cultivation must not give the impression that the state is encouraging the use of the drug, ... |
| State marijuana packaging must be ‘as unattractive as possible’ [02.10.2019] | More rules about the pending experiments with regulated marijuana production are becoming clear. In particular, officials are keen to make sure non-u ... |
| Drugs researchers: ‘No such thing as victimless cocaine’ [01.10.2019] | Together with prevention worker Judith Noijen of the Jellinek Clinic, crimninologist Ton Nabben published the 25th edition of Antenne, a large-scale ... |
| A new ‘war on drugs’ is short sighted and naive [16.09.2019] | Forty years ago, the Netherlands was far ahead of its time. But today we see the country moving backwards, as evidenced by a recent report on the dru ... |
| Green light: ten towns named for legalised cannabis-growing experiment [29.08.2019] | One in seven Dutch coffee shops is set to join an experiment where for the first time cannabis growing is to be regulated. Justice minister Ferdinand ... |
| Almere, Breda and Tilburg set to join regulated marijuana experiment [28.08.2019] | The Dutch government will press ahead with trials of regulated marijuana production with the maximum 10 cities when the experiment starts in 2021. Th ... |
| Canadian marijuana legalisation has not removed crime: Dutch police lecturer [27.08.2019] | Canada’s decision to legalise cannabis has not resulted in removing organised crime from the chain. Police Academy lecturer Pieter Tops, who visited ... |
| Et si la Belgique légalisait comme le Luxembourg? [09.08.2019] | Les médias belges s'interrogent sur ce nouveau marché qui pourrait attirer les jeunes Belges à se fournir au Luxembourg. En tout illégalité donc. Pou ... |
| Drug laws on possession: several countries are revisiting them and these are their options [02.08.2019] | Many countries are changing the way they approach people who use drugs. The Irish government has just announced possible alternatives to criminalisat ... |
| When harm reduction expansion stifles activism: A lesson from Europe [23.07.2019] | Western European harm reduction presents an interesting paradox. On the one hand, the widespread availability of effective harm reduction programs is ... |
| Breaking Brabant: Drug labs blight a Dutch landscape [22.07.2019] | North Brabant is Europe's biggest producer of synthetic drugs, such as ecstasy and amphetamine. In 2017, 21 active ecstasy laboratories were dismantl ... |
| Majority of Dutch councils ban drug use in public [03.07.2019] | A new survey shows that almost two-thirds of Dutch towns ban drug use in public. Despite the national policy of ‘tolerance’ to certain soft drug use, ... |
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