 Nederland (Holland)  About the Netherlands - Wikipedia Drug policy of the Netherlands - Wikipedia October 7, 2011: "Dutch classify high-potency marijuana as hard drug" The Netherlands Compared With The United States Scratch-And-Sniff Marijuana Cards Used In Dutch Drug Campaign THC Ministry Amsterdam: The Dawn of Drugs High Times Cannabis Cup The Cannabis Cup takes place annually in Amsterdam and celebrates all things marijuana related "A History of Cannabis in Holland" by Ben Dronkers Holland's Hemp History Cannabis Coffee Shops in the Netherlands - Wikipedia "Dutch Cannabis Coffeeshop History" by Nol van Schaik Coffee Shop Introduction October 20, 2008: 'It's not Our Intention to Close Down the Coffee Shops' March 25, 2010: Holland's biggest cannabis coffee shop fined £7m March 26, 2010: Dutch Court Fines Cannabis Shop Owner 10 Million Euros March 26, 2010: Cannabis coffee shop owner fined $14 million March 28, 2010: Exit Checkpoint – Exit Soft Drug Tolerance? November 22, 2010: Dutch cannabis coffee shop ban, harms tourism December 15, 2010: No weed pass, no cannabis, Dutch tell foreigners April 28, 2011: Everyone Allowed to Grow Five Cannabis Plants at Home May 30, 2011: Dutch government clamps down on marijuana 'coffee houses' June 24, 2011: Amsterdam fights for your right to smoke pot June 24, 2011: Dutch may label some cannabis as a hard drug June 29, 2011: Holland's Top Court Approves Excluding Foreigners From Cannabis Cafés June 29, 2011: Mayor’s closure of Maastricht coffee shop ruled unlawful June 30, 2011: Tourists Can Still Get High in Dutch Pot Cafes July 16, 2011: Maastricht ban on tourists in marijuana cafes upheld by EU court August 2, 2011: Doubts about Holland's stricter cannabis policies August 4, 2011: Maastricht cannabis cafes to ban all but Dutch, Belgians, Germans Sept. 11, 2011: What can we learn from the Dutch cannabis coffeeshop system? September 16, 2011: The Dutch Can Handle Their Pot Sept. 23, 2011: Netherlands: Cannabis Coffee-Shops Appear To Minimally Impact Dutch Use Patterns (see pdf, below)  "What can we learn from the Dutch cannabis coffeeshop system?" by Robert J. MacCoun. Aims: "To examine the empirical consequences of officially tolerated retail sales of cannabis in the Netherlands, and possible implications for the legalization debate." (recent study in free, downloadable, pdf format) Sept. 27, 2011 : Tourist Coffee Shop Ban? Not In Amsterdam Sept. 27, 2011: Dutch city to move three cannabis cafes to outskirts October
1, 2011: Maastricht
bans cannabis coffee-shop tourists "An
estimated 6,000 people visit Maastricht's coffee
shops every day - most making the quick trip
across the border from Belgium and Germany. But
from Saturday, anyone who doesn't hold a Dutch,
Belgian or German passport will be told to
leave."
CAMPAIGN!!!
February 21, 2012: "Hardline soft-drugs tolerance policy dies at the gates of the town hall" "Dutch Municipalities may decide themselves what sort of action they take against coffeeshops which choose to boycott the “weedpass”? One plus one makes two. Many municipalities are opposed to the weedpass and will therefore not be quick in closing the shops. The mayors and municipalities have permanently been opposed to the weedpass. Finally they have been given the option to act on their opposition, by the ministry of Security and Justice. “Municipalities may decide themselves what sort of action they take against coffeeshops which choose not to comply with the weedpass,” the Ministry announced."  Vereniging voor Opheffing van het Cannabisverbod (Society for the Abolition of Cannabis Prohibition) in Dutch in English Join VOP FaceBook Group Miljoenennota: wietpas per 1 januari 2012 "Model voor een
transparant en rationeel cannabisbeleid" -
Gedoogontheffingen voor professionele teelt -
Normalisering
van de coffeeshop - principes van het
tHc-model regulering van bezit en teelt voor
persoonlijk gebruik (pdf
doc)
[Aanscherping van
het coffeeshopbeleid] "Overlast en
criminaliteit rond coffeeshops moet stoppen.
In dat kader wordt een einde gemaakt aan het huidige «open-deur-beleid» van de coffeeshops...." (pdf doc) (page 14) "Kleinschaligheid en
beheersbaarheid staan centraal. In 2012 worden
coffeeshops besloten clubs die er enkel nog voor
de lokale markt zijn. Om dit te realiseren,
krijgen alleen meerderjarige ingezetenen van
Nederland toegang tot een coffeeshop op vertoon
van een geldig identiteitsbewijs en op basis van
lidmaatschap van de desbetreffende coffeeshop.
Het lidmaatschap wordt in de vorm van een
clubpas verleend. Kleinschaligheid wordt bereikt
door maximering van het aantal leden van de
coffeeshop. De minimale afstand van coffeeshops
tot scholen wordt 350 meter en drugsgebruik op
scholen wordt stevig ontmoedigd. Een
aanscherping van de gedoogcriteria behorende bij
de aanwijzing Opiumwet zal per 1 januari 2012
een feit zijn. In 2012 worden tussen Rijk en
coffeeshopgemeenten mede in dit kader afspraken
over de handhaving gemaakt."
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