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De Regulator presentatie door Thijs Roes (De Correspondent) | Cannabis Reguleren in de Praktijk

“We hebben met deze Regulator geprobeerd om een discussie te starten, om mensen te leren waar eigenlijk de discussiepunten liggen, in plaats van eindeloos te blijven hangen in die discussie óf we moeten reguleren of niet. Wij wilden graag eens praten over hóe we dat dan moeten doen.” – Thijs Roes (De Correspondent) tijdens het […]

Aboutaleb kraakt gedoogbeleid | Miniserie | Deel 3

35 Nederlandse gemeenten tekenden in 2014 een overeenkomst, de Joint Regulation, een pleidooi om de teelt van softdrugs te reguleren. Volgens de Rotterdamse burgemeester Aboutaleb is het huidige gedoogbeleid onhoudbaar. Deel 3 in de mini serie ter informatie voor beleidsmakers, burgemeesters en andere betrokkenen. Bekijk de gehele miniserie: Klik hier voor deel 1

Hans Kamperman Camps in Front of Parliament Until Cannabis Policy is Changed

Since January, Hans Kamperman has been camping in front of the Dutch Parliament building in The Hague to take action against the criminalization of cannabis and to draw attention to his fate. Kamperman: “It is not a demonstration but a one-man action where I sit at the entrance of the House of Representatives and address […]

Doede de Jong: “Baas in eigen brein!” | Cannabis News Network

“Ik hoef niet tegen mijzelf beschermd te worden en ik heb geen plantpolitie nodig. De regering heeft niet het recht om een plant te verbieden. De natuur is van iedereen. Wij zijn de natuur!” Vurig pleidooi van biologisch wietteler Doede de Jong tijdens het Reguleren Seminar in Amsterdam.  

Debat: Cannabis reguleren, maar hoe? | Cannabis University 2018

Het advies van de commissie Knottrenus lijkt aan te sluiten op de praktijk. Met:John en Inez Meijers (modelkwekers), Bart Vollenberg (Cannabis Connect), August de Loor (Adviesburo Drugs), Peter Hendriks (Avites). Peter Hendriks EN: In relative silence, Peter Hendriks has been building a small coffeeshop empire in Limburg since the 1980s. His four coffeeshops in Sittard […]

Masterclass: Dabbing and concentrates | Cannabis University | Cannabis Liberation Day 2017

Hardly known in the Netherlands but very popular in the USA, Spain and Great Britain: dabbing, ie smoking extremely pure and potent cannabis concentrates like wax, shatter and BHO. Tan, one of the specialists at Amsterdam’s Cannabis College, provided a masterclass on Dabbing and concentrates at the Cannabis University on Cannabis Liberation Day 2017.  

The rise of Cannabis Social Clubs, a civil revolt?

While countries and organizations strive for a different approach towards cannabis, consumers are just going ahead by taking matters into their own hands: they start Cannabis Social Clubs (CSC). But what are social clubs and how do they work? Can they exist at a time when Local and national authorities are still not willing to change the ridged drug laws? Cannabis News […]

Foul play: The criminalization of Dutch coffeeshop owners

Cannabis News Network presents you with a follow-up on the dramatic case of Johan van Laarhoven. This former Dutch coffeeshop entrepreneur and his wife are still being imprisoned in Thailand under horrific conditions.

Hans Kamperman: An Act of Love

Note: English subtitles available. Hans Kamperman is fighting for the decriminalisation of cannabis. Since the beginning of 2018, he has been camping out in front of the parliament building in The Hague. The sad peak of his campaign was a failed suicide attempt.

It’s Darkest before Dawn | Cannabis News Network

Medicinal cannabis is becoming more accepted around the world and various countries are moving towards a health approach instead of a criminal approach. Good news for patients, you would say. But as we’re approaching the point of (semi) legalization of (medicinal) cannabis, the fight isn’t over yet as shown in our latest report It’s Darkest […]