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The Rise and Fall of “Coffee Shops”: New Laws to Eradicate Marijuana Production in Holland

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 03/10/2015 - 18:50

Successive conservative governments have ratcheted up the pressure against cannabis production, which is intensifying criminal activity while reducing marijuana quality. The ultimate goal: to reduce production to a minimum and for Holland to cease from being a destination for cannabis tourism.

Twenty years Holland was a paragon of progressivism in Europe, a place that welcomed any advance involving cannabis with open arms, a paradise dotted with “coffee shops” and tourists who found there a haven for marijuana consumption. 

This scenario has changed considerably. A series of conservative governments has gradually whittled away the legal framework governing "coffee shops", passing legislation that has closed a good number of them, and limiting per-customer marijuana purchases, including proposals to even create a special pass for the Dutch and bar tourists from entering. The goal is to reduce supply as far as possible.

The change has been so dramatic that on 11 November...

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