Items tagged with netherlands
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| Tourist cannabis cafe ban leads to surge in dealing in the south [10.05.2013] | The decision to ban foreigners not resident in the Netherlands from the country’s cannabis cafes has led to an ‘explosion’ in drugs-related crime in ... |
| Police raid Maastricht coffeeshops after owners let tourists back in [07.05.2013] | Police have raided several coffeeshops in Maastricht after their owners indicated they would revert to selling soft drugs to foreign visitors. Coffee ... |
| Maastricht mayor to clamp down on cannabis cafe foreign sales [01.05.2013] | Maastricht mayor Onno Hoes has warned the city's 13 cannabis cafes that he will take legal action if they go ahead with plans to sell marijuana to no ... |
| Councils increase pressure for legal cannabis production [26.04.2013] | At least 10 of the Netherlands’ local councils have already or will soon submit plans to the justice ministry asking to be allowed to approve commerc ... |
| Utrecht hopes to set up cannabis clubs - for medical research [16.04.2013] | Two foundations in Utrecht are to apply for exemption from the opium laws so they can set up ‘cannabis clubs’ to grow marijuana for medical research ... |
| Dutch city of Eindhoven wants to grow their own marijuana [04.04.2013] | The Dutch city of Eindhoven has come up with a proposal it believes will curb the illegal supply of cannabis to the city’s cannabis coffee shops: the ... |
| De wankele 'Weense consensus' over drugsbeleid [31.03.2013] | ??Nederland is met zijn drugsbeleid in de achterhoede terecht gekomen, zo stelt Martin Jelsma. Zo zijn Uruguay en de Amerikaanse staten Washington en ... |
| France catches up with khat users [19.03.2013] | According to figures released by the French Customs, seizures of khat are soaring, up from 1.8 tonnes in 2011 to 4.5 tonnes in 2012, putting it on a ... |
| Major victory for President Morales: UN accepts “coca leaf chewing” in Bolivia [14.01.2013] | Bolivia will again belong to the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs after its bid to rejoin with a reservation that it does not accept the trea ... |
| Schijnheilig bezwaar van Nederland tegen het kauwen van coca bladeren [11.01.2013] | De Nederlandse regering heeft bij de Verenigde Naties bezwaar aangetekend tegen de herintreding van Bolivia in het Enkelvoudig Verdrag inzake verdove ... |
| Bolivia wins a rightful victory on the coca leaf [11.01.2013] | Today the Plurinational State of Bolivia can celebrate a rightful victory, as the country can become formally a party again to the 1961 Single Conven ... |
| Can marijuana beat the Mafia? Some French say make it legal [11.01.2013] | France offers the most recent sign of changing attitudes. While consumption and production of pot for personal use are not criminal offenses in Franc ... |
| Many towns have no plans to ban tourists from cannabis cafes [31.12.2012] | Tourists will not be banned from a majority of the Netherlands’ cannabis cafes, despite new residency requirements which came into effect on January ... |
| Amsterdam to impose ban on smoking cannabis on school property [12.12.2012] | Amsterdam's mayor said he would formally ban students from smoking cannabis at school, making the city in the Netherlands the first to do so. Eberhar ... |
| Dutch to classify super strong marijuana alongside heroin [20.11.2012] | The Dutch government is planning to classify strong strains of marijuana and cannabis as a Class A drug alongside heroin and cocaine. Coffee shops wi ... |
| Prevalence of daily cannabis use in the European Union and Norway [14.11.2012] | This report brings together, for the first time in Europe, an integrated overview of the prevalence of intensive cannabis use, defined as daily or al ... |
| Amsterdam will not ban tourists from coffee shops, says mayor [01.11.2012] | Tourists can continue to use Amsterdam’s 220 cannabis cafes, even if they are not resident in the Netherlands, the Volkskrant quotes the capital’s ma ... |
| 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 ... |
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