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Dutch Approve Regulated Coffeeshop Supply Chain Trials

oday the Dutch government voted in favor of starting trials with a regulated supply chain for the coffeeshops. It is an unprecedented move, as never before has the supply chain been regulated. Until these trials, all coffeeshops were dealing with the black market for their supplies. Regulated coffeeshop supply chain trials With these trials, 10 (to […]

Mauro

January 22, 2019

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Study: International law allows for the legalisation of cannabis

Dutch researchers Piet Hein van Kempen and Masha Fedorova of Radboud University published their findings today, confirming what Cannabis News Network concluded earlier this year with a mini-series on (medicinal) cannabis as a human right. This new study follows the same outcome as the Mexican’s High Court’s decision to grand four activists to grow, transport […]

Cannabis News Network

May 30, 2016

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50 years of Prohibition in France is an utter failure

France is the number one European country for cannabis use. “The government should create a “public monopoly of cannabis production and distribution”, according to The Council of Economic Analysis. Cannabis could bring up to €2.8 billion per year and create up to 57,000 jobs. 70 public figures now calling for legalization. Cannabis news network: The door is […]

Cannabis News Network

June 22, 2019

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FIRST LOOK: Johan van Laarhoven Case, Part 2

Earlier this week, lawyers of the former coffee shop owner Johan van Laarhoven from Tilburg showed a delegation of Thai lawyers how the Dutch tolerance policy on soft drugs works.

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August 23, 2015

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HIV Patient Can Grow Medicinal Cannabis, Judge Rules

AMSTERDAM, FEBRUARY 10 – In an historic turn of events, medicinal cannabis patient Rudolf Hillebrand can continue to grow his own, a Dutch judge ruled earlier today.

Cannabis News Network

February 10, 2016

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Luxembourg’s Cannabis Legalization: How? When?

uring a press conference in November 2018, the new coalition government of Luxembourg surprised everyone by announcing their plans to legalize cannabis for recreational use. It wasn’t a complete surprise to those paying attention to the small country bordering Belgium, Germany, and France. After all, the previous government (which mostly carried on into the next […]

Mauro

January 31, 2019

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Trekt Uw Plant (TUP) – must shut down and disbanded

The first Belgian cannabis social club – Trekt Uw Plant (TUP) – must shut down and disband. The club was initiated in 2006, and after unsuccessful attempts in 2006 and 2008 to criminalize this club, it now happened. Members were given prison sentences of up to twenty months on probation, and a total of 121,250 […]

Cannabis News Network

June 29, 2019

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Coming up: Thai delegation investigating cannabis

The Dutch government, famous for its tolerant stands towards cannabis since the early ‘70s, have shifted towards a war on cannabis. This war is being waged on multiple fronts. One of these battles is against Johan van Laarhoven, a retired coffeeshop entrepreneur living in Thailand. The Dutch government accuses him of laundering money earned by […]

Cannabis News Network

August 28, 2015

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Cannabis News Network Goes Green | Irish Mini-Series

Our team traveled earlier this year in September to Dublin, Ireland for The Global Medical Cannabis Summit: Advancements in the Age of Cannabis. The documentation and interviews led to a mini-series dubbed ‘Cannabis News Network Goes Green’. The first five parts are released as of writing on the Global Medical Cannabis Summit, medicinal cannabis giving back quality […]

Cannabis News Network

September 30, 2016

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The future of cannabis in the EU versus the Americas

What was it all about in 2016? The Cannabis News Network team took off to Dublin in 2016 to attend The Global Medical Cannabis Summit: Advancements in the Age of Cannabis. The Summit was hosted by Volteface and Help not Harm, and sponsored by Tilray and Leafly. According to Volteface, it was ‘the first largest […]

Cannabis News Network

September 9, 2019

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