Posts Tagged ‘Netherlands’
Switzerland and Copenhagen – beyond cannabis tolerance (part one)
The policy of ‘soft drug tolerance’ in the Netherlands is probably the most well-known example of a country attempting to regulate the use and sale of cannabis. Recognising that marijuana and hashish consumption cause very little social or personal harm, Holland’s laws were changed to differentiate relatively benign soft drugs from genuinely harmful hard drugs.
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French newspaper Le Figaro warns of cannabis cyber-police and fictional worldwide cannabis seed shipping
In these times of increasing repression in France, national daily ‘Le Figaro’ shows its true colours as a propaganda tool rather than a source of factual information.
An article published on the website of Le Figaro last week (23rd March 2011) aroused our curiosity as, in addition to vague threats about cyberpolice, it mentioned the well-known cannabis seed company Sensi Seeds on several occasions.
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Dutch Coffeeshops Closed To Tourists?
Plans released this month for a pass system to exclude non-residents from Dutch coffeeshops are causing concern amongst cannabis? users around the world. Citing the problems of crime and ‘social nuisance’ caused by foreign tourists smoking cannabis, the new and still unstable coalition government wants to make the coffeeshops into private clubs where only adults who live in the Netherlands can become members.
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