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Majority in Dutch Parliament Supports Legalizing Commercial Cultivation

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 09/27/2016 - 08:45

After a backroom meeting between political party leaders, a slim majority of Dutch Parliament has aligned behind a proposal to regulate the flow of cannabis that feeds the country’s coffeeshops. If enacted, the new system would bring the Netherlands closer to the legal, adult-use markets emerging across North America.

Sales by coffeeshops of small amounts of cannabis are tolerated in the Netherlands, but the coffeeshops currently don’t have a legal way to obtain product, as commercial grows and wholesale distribution are forbidden. To remedy this so-called backdoor paradox, the Dutch bill would create a system of licensed producers to cultivate cannabis under government supervision and supply the coffeeshops.

Political party D66 managed to muster majority support for the proposal following a secret meeting between D66 leader Alexander Pechtold and Jan Roos, leader of the right-wing VNL party. Formed in 2014, VNL was founded by two members of parliament from the...

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