Big Dutch cities, coffee shops say no to regulated marijuana trials
Coffee shops would not be allowed to sell any ‘foreign’ hashish, which currently accounts for up to 25% of sales
Dutch News (Netherlands)
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
A handful of the Netherlands’ medium sized cities have come forward to take part in the government’s controversial regulated marijuana experiment but the five biggest cities have all said no, the Volkskrant said. Tilburg, Almere, Breda and Nijmegen had signed up for the trials by the June 11 deadline and Groningen is also considering the idea, even though the city’s 12 cannabis cafes are opposed. The experiment with regulated growing is supposed to remove the gray area between the sale of marijuana in council-licenced coffee shops and the illegal cultivation and supply. However, there are so many problems with the proposals that the big cities, where most of the coffee shops are located, see no point in taking part.
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