Items tagged with netherlands
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| This is what's actually in your ecstasy [01.04.2015] | The latest data on ecstasy – taken from pills seized by police in England and Wales between July and October of last year – reveals that the average ... |
| With new anti-marijuana rules in force, police raid ‘grow shops’ [01.03.2015] | Police in the Netherlands have made immediate use of their new powers to clamp down on marijuana cultivation with three raids in different parts of t ... |
| D66 devises plan to regulate Dutch marijuana production [26.02.2015] | Liberal democratic party D66 is introducing draft legislation to regulate the production and sale of marijuana in the Netherlands. D66 has called for ... |
| D.C. vs. Amsterdam: The Dutch strike back! [25.02.2015] | When Mayor Muriel E. Bowser delivered her legalized marijuana guidelines, she tried to ease concerns of naysayers with promises that there are enough ... |
| Reguleer wiet, en niet alleen de achterdeur [25.02.2015] | De advocaten Spong, Smeets en Vis houden een pleidooi voor het reguleren van de achterdeur van de coffeeshops in een opiniestuk in het NRC. Zij zette ... |
| Marijuana growers steal more electricity, fewer plantations discovered [02.02.2015] | The amount of electricity stolen by marijuana growers rose by 5% last year but fewer plantations were discovered than in 2013, according to the Dutch ... |
| Cannabis policy reform in Europe [27.12.2014] | While in the Americas cannabis policy reform is taking off, Europe seems to be lagging behind. That is to say, in European nations at the level of na ... |
| Reform der Cannabispolitik in Europa [27.12.2014] | Während die Reform der Cannabispolitik in Amerika Fahrt aufnimmt, scheint Europa hinterherzuhinken. Genauer gesagt, die europäischen Staaten auf nati ... |
| Most marijuana grown in the Netherlands is exported, new research shows [16.12.2014] | Between 78% and 91% of marijuana grown in the Netherlands is exported, according to new justice ministry research. This makes it pointless to regulat ... |
| 'You will not be arrested for using drugs' [02.12.2014] | Authorities in the Netherlands are warning Amsterdam tourists about heroin masquerading as cocaine, which has already killed several people and sent ... |
| Marijuana’s big-money Marley Brand makes a splash [24.11.2014] | Last week, NBC’s Today Show giddily announced an exclusive: Privateer Holdings, the Seattle marijuana company long acclaimed locally for its straight ... |
| Du Río de la Plata au Lac Léman [19.11.2014] | La politique vis-à-vis du cannabis est en rapide évolution. Ainsi, les citoyens de l'Alaska et de l'Oregon, comme ceux de Washington DC, la capitale ... |
| 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 ... |
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