Tag: coffee shop
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Cannabis pass abolished? Not really
Tuesday, 30 October 2012The new coalition government of conservative liberals (VVD) and social-democrats (PvdA) presented its coalition agreement on Monday. They agreed to abolish the cannabis pass, but access to coffeeshop ...
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Wietpas scrapped but coffee shop entry rights a grey area
Sunday, 28 October 2012The new cabinet plans to press ahead with restricting access to the country's cannabis cafes to local residents but is dropping the introduction of compulsory registration of users via a membership c ...
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Compromise on cannabis club passes 'on its way', says AD
Wednesday, 17 October 2012The compromise would end the obligation on cannabis cafe owners to register users and would allow people to buy soft drugs all over the country. However 'foreigners' would be refused entry. Labour an ...
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Dutch 'weed pass' law driving cannabis trade underground
Monday, 08 October 2012Maastricht - formerly a mecca for drug tourists from across western Europe - has called for police reinforcements to handle "aggressive" street pushers, who have taken over almost all trade in mariju ...
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Coffeeshop, partita aperta
Tuesday, 02 October 2012Contrariamente alle aspettative, le elezioni olandesi di settembre non sono state decisive per il futuro dei coffeeshop. I partiti a favore delle restrizioni ai coffeeshop (o addirittura per la loro ...
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Breda urges new cabinet to reverse cannabis club rules
Thursday, 27 September 2012The Breda city council is to urge the new coalition cabinet to scrap the introduction of a members only system for the country’s cannabis cafes, arguing it has created more problems than it has solve ...
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Rotterdam mayor says cannabis pass creates problems
Monday, 24 September 2012Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said the cannabis club membership card does not work and will never work. He said the cannabis pass just causes more nuisance. He thinks there will be more street deal ...
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The Dutch 2012 election result and the coffeeshops
Friday, 14 September 2012The 2012 Dutch elections were hailed as decisive for the future of the coffeeshops, where the sale of small amounts of cannabis is tolerated. The result is inconclusive. The parties in favour of rest ...
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Dutch elections: the battle for the stoner vote
Saturday, 08 September 2012When the Netherlands goes to the polls on Wednesday, the result could hinge on one, previously overlooked section of the electorate: the stoner vote. More than 350 Dutch coffee shops have thrown thei ...
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Maastricht mayor does u-turn over cannabis club membership
Wednesday, 05 September 2012Locals in Maastricht should no longer have to formally register as marijuana users to buy soft drugs from the city’s cannabis cafes, mayor Onno Hoes said in a letter to councillors. Since May 1, cann ...
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Marijuana sellers target stoner voters in Dutch election
Monday, 03 September 2012With slogans like "Don't let your vote go up in smoke!", owners of the free-wheeling cafes where bags of hashish are sold alongside cups of coffee are mounting a get-out-the-stoner-vote campaign ahea ...
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Cannabis use and proximity to coffee shops in the Netherlands
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
The aim of this paper is to assess the influence of coffee shop availability on the prevalence and intensity of cannabis use, as well as the effectiveness of the ‘separation of markets’ policy. A con ...
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New cannabis rules not working
Sunday, 08 July 2012The new rules affecting the sale of cannabis in coffeeshops in three southern Dutch provinces are having an adverse effect according to a new study. The "weed pass" was introduced in the regions on M ...
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David Nutt: alcohol consumption would fall 25% if cannabis cafes were allowed
Monday, 18 June 2012A former government adviser on drugs has told MPs that alcohol consumption would fall by as much as 25% if Dutch-style cannabis "coffee shops" were introduced in Britain. Prof David Nutt also told th ...
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Christiania's resurgent cannabis trade marred by violence and intimidation
Wednesday, 06 June 2012Almost a decade after extensive police raids in 2004 that were intended to clear out the drug dealers in Christiania, police estimate that the trade in cannabis is as strong as it was before. Residen ...
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Government opposes Copenhagen City Council on cannabis shops
Sunday, 27 May 2012The pilot project to have state-run hash and marijuana dispensaries in Copenhagen received a setback after the Justice Ministry turned down the City Council's request to experiment with regulating ca ...
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Legal cannabis rejected by government
Monday, 14 May 2012State-run hash and marijuana dispensaries won't be popping up in Copenhagen any time soon after the Justice Ministry this weekend turned down Copenhagen City Council's request to experiment with lega ...
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Weed pass sparks new problems
Tuesday, 08 May 2012The introduction of the 'weed pass' in the south of the Netherlands is leading to growing problems. Since 1 May, only Dutch residents are able to purchase soft drugs in coffeeshops. Foreigners are ba ...
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Dutch 'cannabis card' rollout in disarray
Tuesday, 08 May 2012A week after a contentious rollout of a new Dutch law to stub out cannabis sales to foreigners, enforcement is in disarray as some police are untrained and several coffee shops have closed in protest ...
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Netherlands bans tourists from buying marijuana
Thursday, 03 May 2012For visitors to the Netherlands who enjoy the relaxing effects of marijuana, life has just become a little less easy going, particularly for those Germans living just west of the border who used to j ...
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Fresh protests as weed pass takes effect
Tuesday, 01 May 2012There are mounting protests in the south of the Netherlands against the introduction of the 'weed pass'. As of 1 May, coffeeshops in southern Dutch cities are only allowed to sell marijuana and hashi ...
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Dutch 'cannabis card' roll-out draws defiance
Monday, 30 April 2012New 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 including in Maastricht. At least one coffee shop i ...
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Dutch judge upholds ban on foreigners buying pot
Friday, 27 April 2012A 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 Netherlands. Amsterdam, whose scores of coffee shops ...
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Will banning marijuana sales to foreigners hurt Holland's economy?
Thursday, 26 April 2012The mayor of Amsterdam, Eberhard van der Laan, understandably opposes the ban: Roughly a third of the four million foreign tourists who visit the city each year smoke marijuana in the local coffee sh ...
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Dutch marijuana advocates face off with Cabinet
Wednesday, 18 April 2012Dutch 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. The coffee shops oppose what would be the most signi ...
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Law Could Hamper Drug Tourism in the Netherlands
Sunday, 01 April 2012While 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 visit its coffee shops, where the sale of small qu ...
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The Return of the Underground Retail Cannabis Market?
Tuesday, 27 March 2012The sale of cannabis to persons aged 18 or older is permitted in the Netherlands under certain conditions in commercial establishments called coffeeshops. The present Dutch government has proposed tha ...
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De Nederwietoorlog
Thursday, 01 March 2012De exportcijfers van nederwiet die de Taskforce Aanpak Georganiseerde Hennepteelt veelvuldig in de media bracht, zijn sterk overdreven. Dit blijkt uit een vertrouwelijk rapport van het Korps Landelij ...
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Dutch to ban sale of strong hashish cannabis
Thursday, 01 March 2012The Netherlands moved to ban the sale of potent hashish cannabis eroding 40 years of liberal drug policy, over fears that the proceeds were flowing to organised crime gangs. A parliamentary proposal ...
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Jakhalzen - Hashverbod
Wednesday, 29 February 2012Het softdrugsbeleid mag wel wat aangescherpt, vindt de VVD. Regeringspartners PVV en CDA zijn het daarmee eens. Voorstel is een bijvoorbeeld een verbod op hash. Vandaag debatteerde de Tweede Kamer ov ...
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Netherlands moves away from liberal line on smoking cannabis
Tuesday, 03 January 2012Is the Netherlands finally growing up, or is it committing tourism suicide? A ban on foreigners using its famous "coffee shops" – where soft drugs can be bought and consumed legally – came into effec ...
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Introduction of 'Weed Pass' in the Netherlands
Tuesday, 20 December 2011The government in the Netherlands has a legislative programme that includes making all of the country’s coffeeshops private clubs accessible only to customers issued with a club card. The membership ...
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Dutch cannabis cafes to start tourist ban in May
Thursday, 15 December 2011New legislation to ban non-Dutch residents from cannabis-selling coffee shops in southern Netherlands should be enforced no later than May 1 next year. "The law will be amended on January 1, but ther ...
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Dutch government delays plans to ban tourists from buying weed
Thursday, 15 December 2011The conservative Dutch government said it is delaying plans to ban tourists from buying marijuana until at least May 2012, though it still intends to curtail the country’s famed tolerance policy. The ...
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A win-win on drugs? Fighting gangs by legalizing pot
Thursday, 01 December 2011Copenhagen 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 individual marijuana growers. City-owned shops would t ...
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Dutch ban foreigners from cannabis cafes in Maastricht area
Saturday, 26 November 2011Dutch Minister of Justice Ivo Opstelten has announced an official ban on non-residents from coffee shops not just in Maastricht, but in the nearby cities of Tilburg and Eindhoven as well, beginning J ...
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Legalise it, part two
Thursday, 24 November 2011Legalising pot, we wrote in this space back in July 2009, would have two obvious benefits: generating revenue and dragging a shady business out into the light. Nearly three years later those argument ...
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Legal marijuana gets one step closer
Monday, 21 November 2011A committee has now been established to determine the best way to legalise the sale of hashish, with special stores owned by the council presenting itself as the preferred candidate. The sale, consum ...
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Copenhagen votes to legalise marijuana
Friday, 18 November 2011Marijuana could soon be legalised in Copenhagen, after the city voted overwhelmingly in favour of a scheme that would see the drug sold through a network of state-run shops and cafes. The scheme, if ...
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Maastricht loses '£26 million-a-year' after drug tourism ban
Thursday, 03 November 2011A 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. The reduction in turnover in the popular "coffee ...
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What can we learn from the Dutch cannabis coffeeshop system?
Monday, 31 October 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 ‘gateway theory’ has long been seen as an argumen ...
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High time: inside Amsterdam's 'coffee shops'
Thursday, 20 October 2011Accessibility has made most Dutch indifferent to smoking weed, and ironically, the Netherlands has one of Europe's lowest rates of cannabis usage. A coalition government, with minority parties wieldi ...
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Dutch fear threat to liberalism in "soft drugs" curbs
Monday, 10 October 2011The Netherlands is embarking on a crusade against its multi-billion-euro marijuana industry, with significant implications both for its economy and its famously liberal approach to life. A measure ex ...
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Netherlands to classify high-potency cannabis as hard drug
Friday, 07 October 2011The 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 country's ongoing reversal of its liberal policie ...
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De Nederlandse kabinetsplannen in internationaal perspectief
Sunday, 02 October 2011Na een lange periode van pragmatisme en gedurfde vernieuwingen van het drugsbeleid, waarmee Nederland ook internationaal een pioniersrol innam, is er – zoals de Commissie Van de Donk constateerde – a ...
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Dutch drug tourism takes hit in border town
Saturday, 01 October 2011Foreign visitors will no longer be welcome to purchase cannabis in the coffee shops of Dutch border city Maastricht, unless they can prove that they are from the Netherlands, Belgium or Germany. All ...
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Dutch city's coffee shops close doors to most cannabis tourists
Saturday, 01 October 2011Coffee shops in the Dutch city of Maastricht have banned foreign tourists, except those from Germany and Belgium, from entering their premises. "A number of people will leave disappointed, and we are ...
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US teens smoke more pot than Dutch
Wednesday, 21 September 2011A new study, What Can We Learn from the Dutch Cannabis Coffeeshop System?, published in the journal Addiction earlier this month challenged the United States' "provincial" drug policy, especially as ...
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Amsterdam's 'no toking' signs set to become more of a collector's item after legal setback
Wednesday, 13 July 2011After 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 on marijuana-smoking youth. The Dutch government' ...
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Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops?
Tuesday, 28 June 2011Under legislation spearheaded by the conservative government, only Dutch residents will be allowed to enter cannabis-selling coffeeshops. The Dutch government announced on Friday, 27 May, that it wil ...
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