Netherlands begins trial to make cannabis fully legal
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.
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.
Under existing Netherlands law, cannabis can be legally sold, but not cultivated.
‘There is an unfair system where the rich will have access and the poor will still have their doors kicked in by police,’ she said.
If you thought cannabis legalization in the Netherlands was a free and easy nonevent, you best think again.
Dutch coffee shops are allowed to sell small amounts of the drug to over-18s, yet production is illegal, leaving an opportunity for gangs also involved in harder drugs to prosper.