The Return of the Underground Retail Cannabis Market?
Attitudes of Dutch coffeeshop owners and cannabis users to the proposed ‘cannabis ID’ and the consequences they expect
		
				Rozenberg Quarterly
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
	
	
	Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The 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 that access to  coffeeshops be restricted to persons holding a cannabis ID, a mandatory  membership card known colloquially as a ‘weed pass’ (wietpas). Recent  interviews with 66 Amsterdam coffeeshop owners reveal that they expect  mainly detrimental effects from the proposed measure.
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