Dutch 'Tolerance Festival' Will Bring Cannabis Activism to The Hague
Amid a growing push to reform cannabis laws in the Netherlands, a pair of activists have hatched a bold plan: Take the call for tolerance directly to the seat Dutch government with a massive show of support in The Hague.
Set for September 2017—still plenty of time to book a trip—the Tolerance Festival is the brainchild of veteran coffeeshop owner Jo Koopman and Henk Westbroek, one of the country’s best-known pop musicians.
Westbroek, who recorded major hits with his band Het Goede Doel (The Good Cause), has never made a secret of his love for cannabis as a source of inspiration and pleasure. “Henk wrote his best songs while enjoying a joint,” Koopman told Leafly. “He’s tolerant towards people, doesn’t discriminate, and supports coffeeshops. And he obviously has a lot of experience in the media world.”
Koopman and Westbroek met after filming a music video in Koopman’s coffeeshop in Maastricht, and the...
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