Items tagged with netherlands
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| Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops? [28.06.2011] | Under legislation spearheaded by the conservative government, only Dutch residents will be allowed to enter cannabis-selling coffeeshops. The Dutch g ... |
| Closed shops [23.06.2011] | In a rolling process, Dutch "coffee shops", where cannabis is freely sold for private consumption, could soon become closed clubs. New government rule ... |
| Fear and loathing surrounds decriminalisation [18.06.2011] | "The war on drugs has failed," said a recent report compiled by the Global Commission on Drug Policy, which comprised a former UN secretary-general, ... |
| Netherlands: Pot shops to be off limits to foreign tourists [06.06.2011] | The Netherlands plans to ban foreign visitors from pot shops in a move that opponents have labeled "tourism suicide." The Dutch government is trying t ... |
| The future of Dutch cannabis policy [14.03.2011] | The municipality of the Dutch city of Utrecht recently announced two scientific experiments on cannabis policy. One experiment will be to set up a cl ... |
| Dutch city wants to grow cannabis in a cooperative [11.03.2011] | The Dutch city of Utrecht wants cannabis smokers to grow their own marijuana in a cooperative, a move which would go against the Netherlands' drive t ... |
| Foreign potheads seek alternatives to Dutch coffee shop [06.02.2011] | Learning to grow their own weed or finding a dealer: French and Belgian potheads are seeking alternatives to the famous Dutch coffee shop as The Hagu ... |
| The Dutch treatment and social support system for drug users [15.01.2011] | This paper, written in collaboration with the Correlation Network, briefly describes the history and the basic elements of the Dutch drug dependence ... |
| Court backs Dutch ruling on coffee shops [16.12.2010] | The European Court of Justice (ECJ) said that a municipal regulation imposed by the city of Maastricht prohibiting local coffee-shop owners from admi ... |
| Non-residents in the Netherlands and access to coffee-shops [16.12.2010] | Under the 1976 Law on opium (Opiumwet 1976), the possession, dealing, cultivation, transportation, production, import and export of narcotic drugs, i ... |
| Liberal Dutch marijuana policy taking another hit? [18.11.2010] | The new conservative Dutch government wants to force the country's marijuana cafes to become "members only" clubs, a move that would effectively bloc ... |
| Dutch coffee shops fear coalition crackdown [01.11.2010] | The traditional Dutch tolerance of the sale of small amounts of marijuana through licensed "coffee shops" is under severe strain. On 14 October a new ... |
| An economic perspective on the legalisation debate: the Dutch case [26.10.2010] | Understanding the consequences of drug legalisation versus prohibition is important for policy. Most recently this subject has gained much political ... |
| The promise of legalization [16.10.2010] | People on both sides of the marijuana legalization debate have strong feelings about Proposition 19, the California ballot initiative that promises t ... |
| Kerlikowske draws the wrong conclusions [16.08.2010] | In "Has the time come to legalize drugs?" Andres Oppenheimer, the influential opinion maker about Latin American affairs at the Miami Herald, describ ... |
| A good chew or good riddance [15.07.2010] | The article reviews the status of khat, the most recent plant based psychoactive substance to reach a global market, and considers policy making proc ... |
| The case for small-scale domestic cannabis cultivation [01.07.2010] | The shift to (inter)regional production, trade and domestic cultivation has become an irreversible international trend. Until now, the focus of most ... |
| Marijuana Legalization [30.06.2010] | A number of other countries have implemented changes in law that significantly reduce the extent of criminalization of marijuana use. Only in Austral ... |
| Marijuana, Made in Germany [10.06.2010] | German cannabis plantations are now edging imports from Morocco and Afghanistan out of the market. The trend began after the Dutch government began d ... |
| Ending drug prohibition: the ultimate austerity measure [18.05.2010] | The ban on recreational drugs promotes crime and is bad for public health. Austerity measures to cut public spending are a hot topic for debate every ... |
| Former ministers: legalise all drugs! [18.05.2010] | 'Save the country, legalise drugs.' Under this striking banner, two former Dutch government ministers (for foreign affairs and health) are launching ... |
| European court weighs cannabis ban for foreigners [02.05.2010] | A Dutch city has banned foreigners from its cannabis selling coffee shops. A European court will now decide whether this is legal. The continuing str ... |
| Regulating cannabis could help cut Dutch state deficit [13.04.2010] | Decriminalizing cannabis in the Netherlands and regulating the back-door of the coffee-shops and cultivation of cannabis would save 160 million euro ... |
| Coffee shop owner sentenced for running criminal organisation [24.03.2010] | The owner of the Netherlands' largest cannabis-selling coffee shop was convicted for running a criminal organisation that purchased large quantities ... |
| Committee wants coffee shops to cater to locals only [01.07.2009] | Limit the sale of cannabis to local users, reconsider the distinction between hard and soft drugs, raise the legal age for drinking alcohol from 16 t ... |
| Drug Policy Reform in Practice [01.07.2009] | The academic journal Nueva Sociedad recently released an issue to promote the debate in Latin America on drug policy reform. TNI contributed with the ... |
| Evaluation of Dutch Drug Policy [31.05.2009] | The main purpose of this evaluation was to determine to what extent the principal goal of Dutch drug policy has been achieved, as stated in the 1995 ... |
| Coffee shop trial is test for Dutch drugs policy [16.03.2009] | The owner and several employees of the biggest coffee shop in the Netherlands are being prosecuted for membership of a criminal organisation. The out ... |
| Banks told to accept cannabis cafe customers [06.02.2009] | Banks must accept cafes which sell cannabis and marijuana as clients, says finance minister Wouter Bos. The minister fears that if these businesses, ... |
| Smoking without Borders [13.01.2009] | Cannabis license The Hungarian Civil Liberty Union (HCLU) produced a video on the debate on cannabis policy and the tolerated sale of small quantitie ... |
| Dutch mayors call for growing marijuana [23.11.2008] | The Dutch government should licence the growing and supply of marijuana to the country’s 700 or so coffee shops that sell cannabis, according to a gr ... |
| Local councils support tolerant cannabis policy [18.11.2008] | Most of the Dutch local councils that have so-called coffee shops which sell marijuana say they have no problem with the current policy of tolerating ... |
| Risk assessment of khat use in the Netherlands [22.08.2008] | In preparing a decision about the legal status of khat in the Netherlands, the Dutch Minister of Health requested CAM (Coordination point Assessment ... |
| Costa in Amsterdam [02.06.2008] | The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Costa, recently visited Amsterdam on 24 April. Accompanied by some officials of the Net ... |
| The INCB and cannabis [02.03.2008] | Where legal ambiguities and disagreement persist around cannabis policies, the INCB continues to make narrow legal interpretations of what is allowed ... |
| Invitational Conference Cannabis Policy [12.12.2007] | TNI co-signed a letter that was sent to the Dutch Prime Minister and relevant parliamentary commissions, stressing the need for an active Dutch invol ... |
| "Achterdeur open U" [09.02.2006] | Het Nederlandse cannabisbeleid verkeert al decennia in een internationaalrechtelijke schemerzone, stelt Martin Jelsma van het Transnational Institute ... |
| The Limited Relevance of Drug Policy [01.05.2004] | Decriminalizing cannabis doesn't lead to more widespread use, according to a study comparing cannabis users in two similar cities with opposing canna ... |
| Cannabis Policy, Implementation and Outcomes [01.06.2003] | This report examines what is known about the effects of policies regarding the possession and use of cannabis. Such policies continue to be subject t ... |
| Evaluating alternative cannabis regimes [31.01.2001] | Cannabis is the cutting-edge drug for reform, the only politically plausible candidate for major legal change, at least decriminalisation (re ... |
| Cannabis use, a stepping stone to other drugs? [31.12.1996] | Does smoking reefer lead to using other drugs, in daily practice usually described as cocaine and heroin? Raising the possibility that the answer to ... |
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