Items tagged with coffee shop
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| Fresh protests as weed pass takes effect [01.05.2012] | There are mounting protests in the south of the Netherlands against the introduction of the 'weed pass'. As of 1 May, coffeeshops in southern Dutch c ... |
| Dutch 'cannabis card' roll-out draws defiance [30.04.2012] | New Dutch laws to stub out the sale of cannabis to foreign dope tourists kicked in Tuesday -- and were met with defiance from southern coffee shops i ... |
| Dutch judge upholds ban on foreigners buying pot [27.04.2012] | A Dutch judge on Friday upheld the government's plan to introduce a "weed pass" to prevent foreigners from buying marijuana in coffee shops in the Ne ... |
| Will banning marijuana sales to foreigners hurt Holland's economy? [26.04.2012] | The mayor of Amsterdam, Eberhard van der Laan, understandably opposes the ban: Roughly a third of the four million foreign tourists who visit the cit ... |
| Dutch marijuana advocates face off with Cabinet [18.04.2012] | Dutch coffee shop owners went to court in a last ditch bid to block a government plan to stop foreigners from buying marijuana in the Netherlands. Th ... |
| Law Could Hamper Drug Tourism in the Netherlands [01.04.2012] | While there are many attractions that draw visitors to Amsterdam nearly a quarter of this city’s more than four million foreign tourists a year will ... |
| The Return of the Underground Retail Cannabis Market? [27.03.2012] | The sale of cannabis to persons aged 18 or older is permitted in the Netherlands under certain conditions in commercial establishments called coffeesh ... |
| De Nederwietoorlog [01.03.2012] | De exportcijfers van nederwiet die de Taskforce Aanpak Georganiseerde Hennepteelt veelvuldig in de media bracht, zijn sterk overdreven. Dit blijkt ui ... |
| Dutch to ban sale of strong hashish cannabis [01.03.2012] | The Netherlands moved to ban the sale of potent hashish cannabis eroding 40 years of liberal drug policy, over fears that the proceeds were flowing t ... |
| Jakhalzen - Hashverbod [29.02.2012] | Het softdrugsbeleid mag wel wat aangescherpt, vindt de VVD. Regeringspartners PVV en CDA zijn het daarmee eens. Voorstel is een bijvoorbeeld een verb ... |
| Netherlands moves away from liberal line on smoking cannabis [03.01.2012] | Is the Netherlands finally growing up, or is it committing tourism suicide? A ban on foreigners using its famous "coffee shops" – where soft drugs ca ... |
| Introduction of 'Weed Pass' in the Netherlands [20.12.2011] | The government in the Netherlands has a legislative programme that includes making all of the country’s coffeeshops private clubs accessible only to ... |
| Dutch cannabis cafes to start tourist ban in May [15.12.2011] | New legislation to ban non-Dutch residents from cannabis-selling coffee shops in southern Netherlands should be enforced no later than May 1 next yea ... |
| Dutch government delays plans to ban tourists from buying weed [15.12.2011] | The conservative Dutch government said it is delaying plans to ban tourists from buying marijuana until at least May 2012, though it still intends to ... |
| A win-win on drugs? Fighting gangs by legalizing pot [01.12.2011] | Copenhagen just got a lot closer to legalizing the sale of pot. If approved by the Danish parliament, next year the city could grant licenses to indi ... |
| Dutch ban foreigners from cannabis cafes in Maastricht area [26.11.2011] | Dutch Minister of Justice Ivo Opstelten has announced an official ban on non-residents from coffee shops not just in Maastricht, but in the nearby ci ... |
| Legalise it, part two [24.11.2011] | Legalising pot, we wrote in this space back in July 2009, would have two obvious benefits: generating revenue and dragging a shady business out into ... |
| Legal marijuana gets one step closer [21.11.2011] | A committee has now been established to determine the best way to legalise the sale of hashish, with special stores owned by the council presenting i ... |
| Copenhagen votes to legalise marijuana [18.11.2011] | Marijuana could soon be legalised in Copenhagen, after the city voted overwhelmingly in favour of a scheme that would see the drug sold through a net ... |
| Maastricht loses '£26 million-a-year' after drug tourism ban [03.11.2011] | A Dutch city has lost income worth £26 million a year to its economy after banning French drug tourists from buying marijuana in legal cannabis cafés ... |
| What can we learn from the Dutch cannabis coffeeshop system? [31.10.2011] | In 1976 the Netherlands adopted a formal written policy of non-enforcement for violations involving possession or sale of up to 30 g of cannabis. The ... |
| High time: inside Amsterdam's 'coffee shops' [20.10.2011] | Accessibility has made most Dutch indifferent to smoking weed, and ironically, the Netherlands has one of Europe's lowest rates of cannabis usage. A ... |
| Dutch fear threat to liberalism in "soft drugs" curbs [10.10.2011] | The Netherlands is embarking on a crusade against its multi-billion-euro marijuana industry, with significant implications both for its economy and i ... |
| Netherlands to classify high-potency cannabis as hard drug [07.10.2011] | The Dutch government has said it will move to classify high-potency cannabis alongside hard drugs such as cocaine and ecstasy, the latest step in the ... |
| De Nederlandse kabinetsplannen in internationaal perspectief [02.10.2011] | Na een lange periode van pragmatisme en gedurfde vernieuwingen van het drugsbeleid, waarmee Nederland ook internationaal een pioniersrol innam, is er ... |
| Dutch drug tourism takes hit in border town [01.10.2011] | Foreign visitors will no longer be welcome to purchase cannabis in the coffee shops of Dutch border city Maastricht, unless they can prove that they ... |
| Dutch city's coffee shops close doors to most cannabis tourists [01.10.2011] | Coffee shops in the Dutch city of Maastricht have banned foreign tourists, except those from Germany and Belgium, from entering their premises. "A nu ... |
| US teens smoke more pot than Dutch [21.09.2011] | A new study, What Can We Learn from the Dutch Cannabis Coffeeshop System?, published in the journal Addiction earlier this month challenged the Unite ... |
| Amsterdam's 'no toking' signs set to become more of a collector's item after legal setback [13.07.2011] | After an only-in-the-Netherlands legal reverse, the city of Amsterdam will likely have to stub out the "no toking" signs it introduced in a crackdown ... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 ... |
| MP: Approval for city ‘coffee shop’ plan unlikely [15.01.2010] | The Copenhagen City Council’s plan to set up shops selling cannabis as a way to remove the market from the control of gangs is not likely to be embra ... |
| Council may enter drug trade [24.09.2009] | A City Council majority is backing a plan to legalise the sale of cannabis, which could see two thirds of the market taken away from criminal gangs. ... |
| 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 ... |
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