Items tagged with netherlands
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Cannabis pass abolished? Not really [30.10.2012] | The new coalition government of conservative liberals (VVD) and social-democrats (PvdA) presented its coalition agreement on Monday. They agreed to a ... |
Wietpas scrapped but coffee shop entry rights a grey area [28.10.2012] | The new cabinet plans to press ahead with restricting access to the country's cannabis cafes to local residents but is dropping the introduction of c ... |
Compromise on cannabis club passes 'on its way', says AD [17.10.2012] | The compromise would end the obligation on cannabis cafe owners to register users and would allow people to buy soft drugs all over the country. Howe ... |
Dutch 'weed pass' law driving cannabis trade underground [08.10.2012] | Maastricht - formerly a mecca for drug tourists from across western Europe - has called for police reinforcements to handle "aggressive" street pushe ... |
Coffeeshop, partita aperta [02.10.2012] | Contrariamente alle aspettative, le elezioni olandesi di settembre non sono state decisive per il futuro dei coffeeshop. I partiti a favore delle res ... |
Breda urges new cabinet to reverse cannabis club rules [27.09.2012] | The 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, argu ... |
Rotterdam mayor says cannabis pass creates problems [24.09.2012] | Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said the cannabis club membership card does not work and will never work. He said the cannabis pass just causes more ... |
The Dutch 2012 election result and the coffeeshops [14.09.2012] | The 2012 Dutch elections were hailed as decisive for the future of the coffeeshops, where the sale of small amounts of cannabis is tolerated. The res ... |
Drug use is an issue for society, not the criminal justice system [10.09.2012] | There is no reliable evidence that tougher criminal sanctions deter drug use or offending. On the contrary, criminalisation worsens the health and we ... |
Dutch elections: the battle for the stoner vote [08.09.2012] | When the Netherlands goes to the polls on Wednesday, the result could hinge on one, previously overlooked section of the electorate: the stoner vote. ... |
Maastricht mayor does u-turn over cannabis club membership [05.09.2012] | Locals 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 ... |
Marijuana sellers target stoner voters in Dutch election [03.09.2012] | With 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 ar ... |
Cannabis use and proximity to coffee shops in the Netherlands [10.07.2012] | 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 effectiv ... |
New cannabis rules not working [08.07.2012] | The new rules affecting the sale of cannabis in coffeeshops in three southern Dutch provinces are having an adverse effect according to a new study. ... |
'Bolletjesslikker opsluiten zinloos' [15.06.2012] | Bolletjesslikkers horen niet in de gevangenis. Het berechten en opsluiten van ongeveer vijftienhonderd kleine drugssmokkelaars per jaar heeft geen no ... |
Weed pass sparks new problems [08.05.2012] | The 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 pur ... |
Dutch 'cannabis card' rollout in disarray [08.05.2012] | A 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 untrain ... |
Netherlands bans tourists from buying marijuana [03.05.2012] | For visitors to the Netherlands who enjoy the relaxing effects of marijuana, life has just become a little less easy going, particularly for those Ge ... |
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 ... |
New heroin-assisted treatment [31.03.2012] | The prescription of substitution drugs, such as methadone and buprenorphine, has become a mainstream, first-line treatment for opioid dependence, wit ... |
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 ... |
Small Dutch city is hub for European khat sales [25.01.2012] | A small Dutch city less than 20 kilometres from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport has become the hub of Europe's sales of khat, a plant chewed for its sti ... |
UK could become 'smuggling hub' for herbal high khat [25.01.2012] | The UK could become a hub for smuggling the herbal stimulant khat, European police and politicians have warned. The Netherlands is the latest country ... |
Nieuwe publicatie van het Transnational Institute raadt de regering af khat te verbieden [11.01.2012] | De engelstalige briefing Chewing over Khat Prohibition rekent af met de effectiviteit van een ban, zoals is gebleken uit andere Europese landen. Prob ... |
Chewing over Khat prohibition [10.01.2012] | In the context of a fast changing and well documented market in legal highs, the case of khat (Catha edulis) provides an interesting anomaly. It is f ... |
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 ... |
Clubbers should be able to test their ecstasy [28.11.2011] | Media reports of two deaths at the weekend in the same party venue have once again been accompanied by police suggestions that the drug responsible i ... |
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 ... |
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 ... |
The return of the underground retail cannabis market? [01.09.2011] | The sale of cannabis to persons aged 18 or older is permitted in the Netherlands under certain conditions in commercial establishments called coffees ... |
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 ... |
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