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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 […]

Interview Peter Muyshondt | Cannabis University 2018

EN: Peter is deputy chief of police and Director of Operations at the Belgian police in Brecht. For years he fought in the front line of the war on drugs and believed he was serving society doing so. Meanwhile, his brother Tom was struggling with an addiction to hard drugs. In 2006 he died of […]

Tom Blickman (Transnational Institute) over Fair Trade Hasj | Cannabis Reguleren in de Praktijk

“Dat betekent dat de internationale handel, die nu illegaal is en plaatsvindt, buiten de deur wordt gehouden. En dat heeft consequenties voor landen waar traditioneel cannabis wordt verbouwd, zoals Marokko.” – Tom Blickman (Transnational Institute) over Fair Trade Hasj tijdens het Cannabis Reguleren in de Praktijk seminar.  

Interview Ricardo Baca | Cannabis University | Cannabis Liberation Day 2017

VICE called Ricardo Baca (USA) “the nation’s most prestigious cannabis editor” and Forbes counts him as “one of the seven most powerful people in cannabis”. In 2013 Baca became the first cannabis editor of The Denver Post, Colorado’s leading newspaper. He developed The Cannabist website and starred in the documentary Rolling Papers, screened in the […]

Captain Hooter (Amsterdam’s Coffeeshops Test) | Cannabis University 2018

EN: This American cannabis connoisseur and juror at countless cannabis cups has traveled and smoked for forty years all over the world and has lived in the Netherlands for two years. Because he often got the question what the best coffeeshop in Amsterdam is, he decided to visit and test all 165 of them. The […]

How should you use medicinal cannabis?

In this news episode, Cannabis News Network is exploring a new study that has been done in two different ways of using medicinal cannabis, in order to find out which one is preferred by patients.

Amsterdam’s Cannabis Liberation Day 2014 in review (Cannabis Bevrijdingsdag)

On the 15th of June 2014 the Dutch annual Cannabis Liberation Day was held for the 6th time in Amsterdam. Although cannabis is tolerated to a certain extent in the Netherlands, it is still necessary to make a stand. This free event attracts visitors from all around the world, and the Hemp Market sells a […]

The James Burton story [Trailer]

  Coming up in Cannabis News Network: the impressive story of the first medicinal cannabis grower in the Netherlands, James Burton. More than 10 years ago he was the first grower who officially worked together with the Dutch authorities in order to set up a medicinal cannabis program.

Former Dutch Prime Minister Receives Cannabis Award | Cannabis News Network

This man is responsible for the decriminalisation of cannabis and the Dutch coffeeshop system. Former Prime Minister Dries van Agt! He received an award from the Dutch coffeeshop owners for introducing the tolerance policy, dividing ‘soft’ from ‘hard’ drugs. The (Koos Zwart) Award is given to those who are at the front-line of the struggle […]

Interview: Henk de Vries and Ben Dronkers | Cannabis University 2018

Q & A / live interview Henk de Vries (Founder The Bull Dog Amsterdam) and Ben Dronkers (Founder Sensi Seeds) by Derrick Bergman (Cannabis Liberation Day Coordinator and VOC Nederland chairman). Henk de Vries EN: As founder of The Bulldog, Henk de Vries is not only a living legend but also the owner of the […]