US EditionDutch cannabis growers welcome expansion of state-run experiment to make sales legal
- The Netherlands expanded its legal cannabis sales initiative on Monday in multiple municipalities.
- A 2017 plan, born from political compromise, authorized this test run due to a failed decriminalization bill.
- Eighty coffeeshops in ten municipalities now sell marijuana from ten licensed producers under strict regulation.
- Hollandse Hoogtes' Rick Bakker stated this action should end a "crazy, unexplainable situation" regarding cannabis sales.
- The government plans an evaluation after four years, with researchers assessing effects on public health and crime.
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Dutch cannabis growers welcome expansion of state-run experiment to make sales legal
The Dutch government is allowing 80 “coffeeshops” in 10 towns and cities to only sell legally grown cannabis from licensed producers.
As of Monday, at least 10 municipalities in the Netherlands are participating in a pilot project to sell only legally grown cannabis in order to promote the regulated production and sale of marijuana, according to Dutch media reported this Sunday.The selected cities are Almere, Arnhem, Breda, Groningen, Heerlen, Hellevoetsluis, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Tilburg and Zaanstad.The government will allow 10 companies to supply the product to the nearly 8…
Since Monday, legally grown grass has been in the coffee shops of Maastricht and Heerlen, just behind the border. It is a cannabis experiment in ten Dutch cities, which is to end the illegality at the back door of the coffee shop.
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Legal cannabis experiment starts in 10 Dutch towns and cities
From Monday, 80 cannabis cafés, or coffee shops in 10 Dutch local authority areas will only sell marijuana from licenced growers, as the main part of a lengthy experiment with regulating production kicks off. Arnhem, Almere, Breda, Groningen, Heerlen, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Tilburg, Voorne aan Zee and Zaanstad are taking part in the experiment, which is […]
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