MPs, television celebrities, lawyers, leading lights from the dance scene and health experts are among the 79 people who signed a manifesto calling for major reform in Dutch drugs policy. ‘The need for a new and realistic drugs policy is greater than ever. The international drug trade has taken root in the Netherlands with serious consequences,’ the manifesto states. A regulated – not a free – drugs market shouls be the starting point of a new drugs policy. ‘lllegality fuels crime. That is why we must tackle the criminal revenue model and make a regulated drug market the starting point of a new drugs policy.’ Regulation will open up more possibilities when it comes to prevention, public information, price and quality. (See also: Smallest coalition party calls for Netherlands to become ‘drug-free’ country)