Items tagged with netherlands
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| Amsterdam city council calls for licenced marijuana production [07.11.2014] | Ministers should sanction experiments to legally grow marijuana under licence and the city should make preparations to do so, according to a majority ... |
| Dutch court lets off cannabis growers [15.10.2014] | A Dutch court refused to punish two cannabis growers, criticising a government policy that criminalises production while allowing its sale in coffee ... |
| Owner of massive cannabis café cleared of most charges on appeal [16.07.2014] | The owner of the coffeeshop Checkpoint has been found not guilty of most of the charges against him by Amsterdam’s appeal court. The court said the p ... |
| Senators want minister's answers on marijuana supply issues [13.07.2014] | The senate has written to justice minister Ivo Opstelten summoning him to explain what he is doing to deal with the problem of illegal marijuana prod ... |
| Heerlen mayor criticises government marijuana policy [07.07.2014] | The Dutch government's cannabis policy has created a monster whose tentacles are spreading throughout the country, according to Paul Depla the mayor ... |
| Court sides with coffeeshops in dispute over 'back door' deals [03.07.2014] | Three coffeeshops who had nearly 70 kilos of cannabis confiscated have avoided prosecution after a court ruled police had tacitly endorsed their acti ... |
| Labour senators won't cooperate with tough line on marijuana [27.06.2014] | Labour senators are refusing to cooperate with the Dutch government's tough line on marijuana and want to sanction regulated production trials. Senat ... |
| Councils can ban tourists from coffee shops, Council of State rules [17.06.2014] | Local councils in the Netherlands do have the power to ban people who do not live in their area from visiting cannabis cafes, the Council of State ru ... |
| Limburg marijuana growers turn over €240m a year: local paper [30.05.2014] | Despite efforts to clamp down on marijuana plantations, growers in the southern province of Limburg turn over some €240m a year, according to calcula ... |
| Cannabis regulation: high time for change? [20.05.2014] | Cannabis is the world’s most widely used illicit drug. But for how much longer? In a short space of time we have moved from absolute global prohibiti ... |
| Internationaal recht en cannabis [14.05.2014] | Voor het rondetafelgesprek over het rapport: ‘Internationaal recht en cannabis’ op 15 mei 2014 voor de Vaste Commissie voor Veiligheid en Justitie in ... |
| European policy on khat [30.04.2014] | The UK and the Netherlands commissioned distinguished scholars and experts to study the social and clinical harms of khat. These experts argued that ... |
| The Rise and Decline of Cannabis Prohibition [10.03.2014] | The cannabis plant has been used for spiritual, medicinal and recreational purposes since the early days of civilization. In this report the Transnat ... |
| As US states allow pot sales, Dutch reverse course [07.03.2014] | The Netherlands, the world pioneer in pot liberalization, has recently taken a harder line toward marijuana, with mixed results seen particularly in ... |
| Cannabis policy in the Netherlands [28.02.2014] | Misunderstandings and misreporting of actual and proposed changes to Dutch cannabis policy in 2011 have led some opponents of cannabis reform to sugg ... |
| Most Dutch councils ignore ban on marijuana sales to tourists [18.02.2014] | Tourists are still able to buy marijuana in 85% of the Netherlands' cannabis cafes despite the national ban on selling soft drugs to non-residents, a ... |
| Why Dutch mayors want to cultivate cannabis [02.02.2014] | In a manifesto, mayors of cities including Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht argue that the current laws allowing the sale but banning the cultivation ... |
| 35 mayors call for regulated marijuana production; minister says no [30.01.2014] | In total, 35 local authorities have signed a manifesto calling on the government to sanction official experiments with legal marijuana production. Th ... |
| Minister Opstelten en de burgemeesterlijke ongehoorzaamheid [29.01.2014] | Alle 25 Nederlandse burgemeesters die verzoeken hadden ingediend om te experimenteren met gereguleerde of gedoogde aanvoer van cannabis naar de coffe ... |
| Marijuana on the move [26.01.2014] | Some 20 years ago, a Spanish official in favor of lifting the ban on drugs such as marijuana mentioned at a UN meeting that there "might be a more hu ... |
| Councils join forces to call for legalised marijuana production [20.12.2013] | The mayors of 25 Dutch local authority areas have increased their pressure on the cabinet to allow experiments with regulated marijuana production. T ... |
| The Netherlands is ready to regulate cannabis [19.12.2013] | Barely a week after an opinion poll showed that 65% of the Dutch are in favour of regulating cannabis production just as in Uruguay, the minister of ... |
| Dutch production of party drug ecstasy rises sharply [13.12.2013] | Dutch police have dismantled 42 laboratories producing the party drug ecstasy this year, up from 29 in 2012 and almost double the 2011 total, Nos tel ... |
| ‘Het Nederlandse systeem heeft gaten’ [09.12.2013] | Interview Sebastián Sabini: "Het gaat ons om een totaalaanpak. Legalisering moet samengaan met preventie, met voorlichting en een sterke naleving van ... |
| How to Regulate Cannabis [30.11.2013] | This is a guide to regulating legal markets for the non-medical use of cannabis. It is for policy makers, drug policy reform advocates and affected c ... |
| D66 Liberals to draft regulated marijuana production proposal [20.11.2013] | The D66 Liberal party, currently the second biggest party in The Netherlands in recent polls, is drawing up draft legislation for the regulated produ ... |
| Two in three large councils back organised marijuana cultivation [15.11.2013] | In total 26 of the Netherlands’ 38 largest local municipalities support government licensed or organised marijuana production, NOS television says. T ... |
| The Transparent Chain [09.11.2013] | It is time that policymakers, law enforcement, professionals and other parties involved combine their efforts to work towards the implementation of a ... |
| Majority of the Dutch favour cannabis legalisation [03.10.2013] | An opinion poll in the Netherlands in August 2013 showed that 54% of the Dutch are in favour of legalising cannabis, while 38% opposes it. There is n ... |
| The city of Utrecht wants to convince mentally ill marijuana users to smoke better pot [12.09.2013] | Thanks in part to the Netherlands' policy of marijuana decriminalization, there are people living in the Dutch city of Utrecht whose addiction to can ... |
| Coffee Shops and Compromise [30.06.2013] | Building on a long history and culture of tolerance, the Dutch responded to illicit drugs with decades of pragmatic measures free of judgment. A cent ... |
| Models for the legal supply of cannabis [27.05.2013] | Three United Nations Conventions provide the international legal framework on drug control, instructing countries to limit drug supply and use to med ... |
| Two-thirds of Dutch cannabis cafes still admit tourists [23.05.2013] | Two-thirds of the country's 650 cannabis cafes continue to sell marijuana to tourists, despite the ban implemented at the beginning of this year. In ... |
| Tourist cannabis cafe ban leads to surge in dealing in the south [10.05.2013] | The decision to ban foreigners not resident in the Netherlands from the country’s cannabis cafes has led to an ‘explosion’ in drugs-related crime in ... |
| Police raid Maastricht coffeeshops after owners let tourists back in [07.05.2013] | Police have raided several coffeeshops in Maastricht after their owners indicated they would revert to selling soft drugs to foreign visitors. Coffee ... |
| Maastricht mayor to clamp down on cannabis cafe foreign sales [01.05.2013] | Maastricht mayor Onno Hoes has warned the city's 13 cannabis cafes that he will take legal action if they go ahead with plans to sell marijuana to no ... |
| Councils increase pressure for legal cannabis production [26.04.2013] | At least 10 of the Netherlands’ local councils have already or will soon submit plans to the justice ministry asking to be allowed to approve commerc ... |
| Utrecht hopes to set up cannabis clubs - for medical research [16.04.2013] | Two foundations in Utrecht are to apply for exemption from the opium laws so they can set up ‘cannabis clubs’ to grow marijuana for medical research ... |
| Dutch city of Eindhoven wants to grow their own marijuana [04.04.2013] | The Dutch city of Eindhoven has come up with a proposal it believes will curb the illegal supply of cannabis to the city’s cannabis coffee shops: the ... |
| De wankele 'Weense consensus' over drugsbeleid [31.03.2013] | ??Nederland is met zijn drugsbeleid in de achterhoede terecht gekomen, zo stelt Martin Jelsma. Zo zijn Uruguay en de Amerikaanse staten Washington en ... |
| France catches up with khat users [19.03.2013] | According to figures released by the French Customs, seizures of khat are soaring, up from 1.8 tonnes in 2011 to 4.5 tonnes in 2012, putting it on a ... |
| Major victory for President Morales: UN accepts “coca leaf chewing” in Bolivia [14.01.2013] | Bolivia will again belong to the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs after its bid to rejoin with a reservation that it does not accept the trea ... |
| Schijnheilig bezwaar van Nederland tegen het kauwen van coca bladeren [11.01.2013] | De Nederlandse regering heeft bij de Verenigde Naties bezwaar aangetekend tegen de herintreding van Bolivia in het Enkelvoudig Verdrag inzake verdove ... |
| Bolivia wins a rightful victory on the coca leaf [11.01.2013] | Today the Plurinational State of Bolivia can celebrate a rightful victory, as the country can become formally a party again to the 1961 Single Conven ... |
| Can marijuana beat the Mafia? Some French say make it legal [11.01.2013] | France offers the most recent sign of changing attitudes. While consumption and production of pot for personal use are not criminal offenses in Franc ... |
| Many towns have no plans to ban tourists from cannabis cafes [31.12.2012] | Tourists will not be banned from a majority of the Netherlands’ cannabis cafes, despite new residency requirements which came into effect on January ... |
| Amsterdam to impose ban on smoking cannabis on school property [12.12.2012] | Amsterdam's mayor said he would formally ban students from smoking cannabis at school, making the city in the Netherlands the first to do so. Eberhar ... |
| Dutch to classify super strong marijuana alongside heroin [20.11.2012] | The Dutch government is planning to classify strong strains of marijuana and cannabis as a Class A drug alongside heroin and cocaine. Coffee shops wi ... |
| Prevalence of daily cannabis use in the European Union and Norway [14.11.2012] | This report brings together, for the first time in Europe, an integrated overview of the prevalence of intensive cannabis use, defined as daily or al ... |
| Amsterdam will not ban tourists from coffee shops, says mayor [01.11.2012] | Tourists can continue to use Amsterdam’s 220 cannabis cafes, even if they are not resident in the Netherlands, the Volkskrant quotes the capital’s ma ... |
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