Items tagged with belgium
| Item title | Description |
|---|---|
| Cannabis : pourquoi la France bloque quand nos voisins européens assouplissent la législation [19.11.2023] | « Clubs de cannabis, culture à domicile, Weed care… » : l'Allemagne, le Luxembourg, les Pays-Bas, la Belgique et la Suisse - ces pays frontaliers de ... |
| Tackling Belgium’s drug problem: Legalising cannabis is ‘common sense,’ says Economy Minister [31.08.2023] | A solution to the drug and security problem in Belgium's bigger cities, such as Brussels and Antwerp, could be legalising the sale and use of cannabi ... |
| Instant fines for drug possession in Belgium: €1,000 for cocaine [06.08.2023] | More than a thousand immediate fines were levied in Belgium for possession of drugs during July alone, mainly at festivals, according to Justice Mini ... |
| Legalising cocaine would stem drug violence, Belgian criminologist suggests [21.01.2023] | After an 11-year-old girl died recently due to a shooting incident in Merksem, politicians have stressed that tackling narco-terror is a top priority ... |
| Record 100 tonnes of cocaine seized in Port of Antwerp last year [10.01.2023] | Last year, Belgian customs intercepted just under 110 tonnes of cocaine in the Port of Antwerp, a new record, as it marks the first time the 100-tonn ... |
| 'Dare to legislate': Brussels mayor repeats call to legalise cannabis [27.10.2022] | Following the reported agreement by the German Government on the legalisation of cannabis, Brussels mayor Philippe Close reiterated his plea to decri ... |
| Over a quarter of cocaine seized in Latin American ports destined for Antwerp [22.10.2022] | This year, an estimated 200 tonnes of cocaine destined for overseas have already been seized in Latin American Ports, 65 tonnes of which were destine ... |
| Brussels Mayor: ‘Police repression does not work, decriminalise cannabis now’ [18.07.2022] | The Mayor of Brussels, Philippe Close (PS) renewed his call for cannabis to be decriminalised and removed from the Belgian penal code. Speaking to Le ... |
| 4/20 in Belgium: High time to legalise cannabis? [20.04.2022] | For those partial to the psychoactive herb cannabis, 20 April (known in the US as 4/20) is a day of celebration for the drug, with groups sometimes g ... |
| How the Netherlands became a global cocaine hub [23.03.2022] | While the scale of the discovery was shocking, the fact of it was not. The number of cocaine seizures in Europe has been rising steadily, quadrupling ... |
| Antwerp and Rotterdam are new epicentre of European cocaine trade [09.09.2021] | The increased use of shipping containers to conceal drugs has made the high volume ports of Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg the new epicentre of the E ... |
| MDMA gangs are literally polluting Europe [18.06.2021] | Noxious dumps in “drug pits” is one of many new ways drug gangs in the Netherlands and Belgium are disposing of the toxic waste created in one of the ... |
| Colombia’s cartels target Europe with cocaine, corruption and torture [11.04.2021] | At 5am on a chilly Tuesday morning last month, 1,600 police officers and balaclava-wearing special forces, bristling with arms and battering rams, we ... |
| Legalising cocaine is ‘something to consider,’ says Antwerp mayor [10.10.2020] | Legalising cocaine is “an option that people need to dare to consider,” according to the mayor of Antwerp, Bart De Wever (N-VA). De Wever, whose port ... |
| What lockdown? World’s cocaine traffickers sniff at movement restrictions [20.05.2020] | The world’s cocaine industry — which produces close to 2,000 metric tons a year and makes tens of billions of dollars — has adapted better than many ... |
| Belgium’s most powerful politician has a drugs problem [11.01.2020] | Drug gangs increasingly choose Antwerp over the port of Rotterdam since checks there have become tougher. Almost one-third of all cocaine intercepted ... |
| Et si la Belgique légalisait comme le Luxembourg? [09.08.2019] | Les médias belges s'interrogent sur ce nouveau marché qui pourrait attirer les jeunes Belges à se fournir au Luxembourg. En tout illégalité donc. Pou ... |
| Pharmacists can now sell products with cannabidiol [09.08.2019] | Pharmacists in Belgium can now make and sell products containing cannabidiol (CBD), one of the active ingredients in the cannabis plant. The Federal ... |
| When harm reduction expansion stifles activism: A lesson from Europe [23.07.2019] | Western European harm reduction presents an interesting paradox. On the one hand, the widespread availability of effective harm reduction programs is ... |
| Belgian socialist party wants to legalise marijuana [14.05.2019] | Elio Di Rupo, leader of the French speaking socialist party, reiterated his party’s plan to legalise cannabis in Belgium in order to prevent young pe ... |
| Neighbours smell trouble from legal cannabis in Luxembourg [03.05.2019] | Luxembourg is likely to run into trouble with its neighbours if it sticks by its plan to legalise cannabis - a policy that remains unthinkable partic ... |
| Legalising cannabis could generate up to 144 million euros for Belgium [29.04.2019] | Legalising cannabis could generate up to 144 million euros for the Belgian State, reports Le Soir, citing a study by the Groupe du Vendredi. The thin ... |
| Cannabis regulation and local authorities in Europe [31.03.2019] | Local and regional authorities across Europe are confronted with the negative consequences of a persisting illicit cannabis market. Increasingly, loc ... |
| Brussels’ weed wave hits new high [26.03.2019] | For cannabis entrepreneurs in Brussels, business is blooming. Fom Ly runs the Cannabis Social Club Brussels, distributing flowers and oils around the ... |
| Cannabis in the City [01.03.2019] | Lately, there have been clear signs of a shift in governments’ approaches to recreational cannabis. Uruguay in 2013 and Canada in 2018 – as well as a ... |
| Belgium legislates in favour of medicinal cannabis [27.02.2019] | For some time now patients in Belgium have been able to use cannabis on medical grounds. So far the problem has been that suitable cannabis has been ... |
| The fight for Cannabis Social Clubs in Belgium could mean legalization is on the horizon [26.09.2018] | Trekt Uw Plant (TUP), Belgium’s first cannabis social club was founded in 2006 in Antwerp. Since then, the legal status of these nonprofit, members-o ... |
| Acquittement pour le Cannabis Social Club de Namur, le ministère public fait appel [07.09.2018] | Le jugement est tombé au tribunal correctionnel de Namur dans l'affaire du Cannabis Social Club. Les cinq prévenus poursuivis pour trafic de stupéfia ... |
| “Belgian cannabis policy is failing” [22.03.2018] | Violence and health problems are on the rise: according to figures produced by 15 scientists, the current Belgian cannabis policy is having harmful c ... |
| Elio Di Rupo en faveur des cultures communales de cannabis [11.01.2018] | Produire du cannabis et le distribuer aux consommateurs sous contrôle des communes. La mesure a été adoptée aux Pays-Bas suite à l’accord du gouverne ... |
| Di Rupo lance une expérience scientifique et médicale sur le cannabis [21.09.2017] | En marge de la proposition de loi déposée à la chambre par le parti socialiste visant un modèle belge de réglementation du cannabis, le président Eli ... |
| Socialists propose bill to regulate cannabis [19.09.2017] | The Socialist Party (PS) has submitted a bill to the Chamber of Representatives proposing a Belgian model for regulating cannabis. The draft law aims ... |
| Ouvrir un cannabis social club à Mons: Di Rupo y pense sérieusement, mais... [26.04.2017] | Pour qu'un tel lieu puisse voir le jour, il faudrait que ce soit dans le cadre d'une étude et avec l'accord du ministère de la Santé. Ou il faut que ... |
| Cannabis legislation in Europe [15.03.2017] | At a time of increased debate on the laws controlling the use of cannabis in the European Union, this report answers some of the questions most often ... |
| Regulating Cannabis Social Clubs [15.02.2017] | Cannabis Social Clubs (CSCs) are a model of non-profit production and distribution of cannabis among a closed circuit of adult cannabis users. CSCs a ... |
| High time for change: Flemish academics make case for legal marijuana [26.01.2017] | The simple realisation that federal drug policies are failing is what motivated the three academics – Paul De Grauwe, Jan Tytgat and Tom Decorte, eac ... |
| Belgium: Allotments for cannabis smokers [24.03.2015] | Cannabis is by far the most frequently consumed illegal drug in Europe, although producing it privately is illegal in the EU. Right outside the gates ... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 ... |
| Multinational overview of cannabis production regimes [14.12.2013] | The vast majority of countries are signatories to international treaties that prohibit the production, distribution and possession of cannabis for no ... |
| Academics: "Legalise cannabis in Flanders" [18.11.2013] | Three Flemish academics, a criminologist, an economist and a toxicologist, are pressing for the legalisation of cannabis. They believe that making th ... |
| How does a Cannabis Social Club work? [18.02.2013] | What was originally a small group of friends, has become a feasible alternative to the cannabis black market in the north of Belgium. Our guest autho ... |
| Cannabis production and markets in Europe [26.06.2012] | This study brings together available evidence to provide a comprehensive analysis of cannabis production and markets across the EU. It combines infor ... |
| 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 ... |
| 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 ... |
| Characteristics of the cannabis market in Belgium [01.01.2007] | The number of cannabis plantations uncovered by the Belgian judiciary has been rising steadily, and the relocation of cannabis production to the Low ... |
|
:: |
|
