Netherlands

Amsterdam will not be part of an experiment with regulated cannabis now underway in the Netherlands after a vote in the country’s Parliament last week. Amsterdam, a city long associated with relaxed weed rules, has been left out of a pilot experiment with legal cannabis sales now underway in the

The Netherlands has decided to undergo a trial period regarding cannabis legalization in two Dutch cities. If the trial goes well, cannabis legalization may become fully enacted throughout the entire country. Ernst Kuipers, Netherlands health minister, announced that this was a “Historic moment” (1)

Experiment aims to make production, supply and smoking legal and remove effects of gang involvement. Cannabis users in two Dutch cities can smoke legally for the first time as authorities roll out a trial that would expand the country’s tolerance of marijuana to full legality. “Historic moment,”

The Netherlands Launches Cannabis Legalization Pilot Project with Closed-Chain Experiment. For decades, “coffee shops” in the Netherlands have operated under a system in which the sale of cannabis was legally tolerated, but its cultivation was prohibited. In practice, this meant that consumers had

The Netherlands is to officially launch its pilot program to legalize the sale of adult-use cannabis in the country in December. The program aims to assess whether coffee shops in the participating municipalities will receive authorization to legally sell cannabis. As announced in February, the

Amsterdam’s city council has voted to ban cruise ships in its latest attempt to curb mass tourism and pollution. The vote is the latest step in the Dutch capital's long-running campaign to reduce the impact of tourists. Amsterdam’s city council has voted to ban cruise ships in its latest attempt to

The Red Light District prohibition was proposed earlier this year. A new ordinance banning cannabis use on the streets in Amsterdam’s Red Light District is slated to take effect later this month. The ban, officially approved by Amsterdam’s city council last week, will “come into effect from May 25

TYSON 2.0, Mike Tyson's cannabis brand, has launched a new coffee shop under its brand name in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The opening of the Amsterdam coffee shop marks the company's initial venture into the European market. Starting on Friday, March 24, customers have been able to visit the new coffee

BREDA - The Netherlands will trial licensing cannabis growers for its famous "coffee shops" where smoking the drug is authorised, tackling a contradiction whereby selling is legal but supplying isn't, which has fed an illegal market dominated by criminal organisations. Local mayors hope legalizing

The Netherlands plans to launch a pilot program to experiment with the legal sale of cannabis by the end of this year. Although the country is known to be the European heaven for cannabis users due to its tolerance policy towards the so-called “soft drugs,” the cultivation of cannabis is still

Amsterdam is one of the most popular cannabis tourism destinations on earth, and for many years, the European city was the undeniable world champion of social cannabis use. It’s not a coincidence that the Cannabis Cup was held there, and only there, for a long time. Yet, in recent years Amsterdam

In a bid to improve the quality of life for residents, Amsterdam will ban the use of marijuana on the street and take new steps to discourage alcohol in its red light district, the traditional center of the city’s legal sex work trade. “Residents of the old city center experience a lot of nuisance