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Two-thirds of Dutch cannabis cafes still admit tourists [23-05-13] Two-thirds of the country's 650 cannabis cafes continue to sell marijuana to tourists, despite the ban implemented at the beginning of this year....
Tourist cannabis cafe ban leads to surge in dealing in the south [11-05-13] 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 t...
Police raid Maastricht coffeeshops after owners let tourists back in [07-05-13] Police have raided several coffeeshops in Maastricht after their owners indicated they would revert to selling soft drugs to foreign visitors. Coffe...
Maastricht mayor to clamp down on cannabis cafe foreign sales [02-05-13] 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 t...
Councils increase pressure for legal cannabis production [27-04-13] 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 commerci...
Utrecht hopes to set up cannabis clubs - for medical research [17-04-13] 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 w...
Dutch city of Eindhoven wants to grow their own marijuana [04-04-13] 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: they...
De wankele 'Weense consensus' over drugsbeleid [01-04-13] Nederland is met zijn drugsbeleid in de achterhoede terecht gekomen, zo stelt Martin Jelsma. Zo zijn Uruguay en de Amerikaanse staten Washington e...
France catches up with khat users [19-03-13] 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 p...
Major victory for President Morales: UN accepts “coca leaf chewing” in Bolivia [14-01-13] 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 treat...
Schijnheilig bezwaar van Nederland tegen het kauwen van coca bladeren [11-01-13] De Nederlandse regering heeft bij de Verenigde Naties bezwaar aangetekend tegen de herintreding van Bolivia in het Enkelvoudig Verdrag inzake verdoven...
Bolivia wins a rightful victory on the coca leaf [11-01-13] Today the Plurinational State of Bolivia can celebrate a rightful victory, as the country can become formally a party again to the 1961 Single Convent...
Can marijuana beat the Mafia? Some French say make it legal [11-01-13] France offers the most recent sign of changing attitudes. While consumption and production of pot for personal use are not criminal offenses in Fran...
Many towns have no plans to ban tourists from cannabis cafes [01-01-13] Tourists will not be banned from a majority of the Netherlands’ cannabis cafes, despite new residency requirements which came into effect on January 1...
Amsterdam to impose ban on smoking cannabis on school property [12-12-12] 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. Ebe...
Dutch to classify super strong marijuana alongside heroin [20-11-12] The Dutch government is planning to classify strong strains of marijuana and cannabis as a Class A drug alongside heroin and cocaine. Coffee shops wil...
Prevalence of daily cannabis use in the European Union and Norway [15-11-12] This report brings together, for the first time in Europe, an integrated overview of the prevalence of intensive cannabis use, defined as daily or a...
Amsterdam will not ban tourists from coffee shops, says mayor [01-11-12] 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 may...
Cannabis pass abolished? Not really [30-10-12] The new coalition government of conservative liberals (VVD) and social-democrats (PvdA) presented its coalition agreement on Monday. They agreed to ab...
Wietpas scrapped but coffee shop entry rights a grey area [29-10-12] The new cabinet plans to press ahead with restricting access to the country's cannabis cafes to local residents but is dropping the introduction ...
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