New Marijuana Laws Are Changing Old Amsterdam

[RvanSteensel]

Lol " the only place with supersilver "

[wietzakje]

its because of this shitty politics we have here these vvd demons are killing netherlands

[madmaxxx]

lol,but it ok to smuggle as much as you want in then sell it,crazy laws,that suit smugglers and gansters.law should be for the people,say you can grow up 10 plants and buy and sell at cannabis social clubs,i begin to hate the crazy prices for a gram in the dam

[Steverfc1872]

lol,but it ok to smuggle as much as you want in then sell it,crazy laws,that suit smugglers and gansters.law should be for the people,say you can grow up 10 plants and buy and sell at cannabis social clubs,i begin to hate the crazy prices for a gram in the dam

The prices are getting really bad I've just booked my 1st trip to Barcelona for April I'm looking forward to the weed that I will be getting at half the price of that in the dam

[madmaxxx]

same here,spain calls in spetember

[BackInDam]

I got connections to some barcelona social clubs.
If you need help getting signed up just holla me

[madmaxxx]

get ready to pay more,possibly for worse gear,like uk,there have to spend more money hiding grows,getting equipment ect the customers in the cs will pay the price

[Jesscass]

@Madmaxxx

Even worser? Wait, where have you been in recent years? I noticed a huge decrease in quality in 2010. Coffeeshops will blame everyone and everything for their cheeky prices and they will get away with it unfortunately !

[Lemon Haze]

Not to state the obvious, but it's not difficult to put grow equipment on a truck and drive it in from Belgium, France, or Germany. So I don't see how this will slow things down except shut down business in NL and send money over the border.

[madmaxxx]

agreed,it that easy to drive the growing gear in,but next it could be seed banks ect,the association laws above can mean a lot of people can get in trouble,not just the grower,the house owner ect,

[qahouaji]

I agree with you. The only real solution is to legalize cannabis in the neighboring countries that are responsible for the pressure.

[wietzakje]

omg guys maybe we are saved http://www.rollingstoned.nl/12-3-15-ple ... tteelt-nu/

the dinosaur ivo opstelten is gone now along with fred teeven this is the happiest day of my life lol

[madmaxxx]

Delicious, what Opstelten fresh air after the departure of anti-weed growler. Today insists Jan Paternotte, D66 leader in Amsterdam to change - regulation - of cannabis policies. Because "after the departure of Opstelten can begin the 21st century '!
Jan Paternotte about marijuana policy

Last week we gave the Rolling Stoned-stage to the Pirate Party, under the headline "Pirate Party about sensible cannabis policy," but of course we are open to all parties who have something useful to say about weed. Such as D66 for example, recently been through Magda Berndsen a bill in parliament filed on cannabis cultivation, which we then announced with "D66 challenges Opstelten with weed proposal. Today D66 is another thinly over it with a strong opinion piece by the Amsterdam party leader (and his 30 years already the coming man in the party) Jan Paternotte.
Jan Paternotte, D66 leader in coffeeshop capital Amsterdam

Jan Paternotte, D66 leader in coffeeshop capital Amsterdam

This is his argument that this morning was published in De Volkskrant:
"Successor Opstelten: it is time for change, regulate cannabis cultivation '

No Minister of Justice has had so much aversion to Dutch tolerance as Ivo Opstelten. He seized every opportunity to be tougher on drugs: a weed pass to ban foreigners from coffee shops, require municipalities to close coffee shops, a ban on the sale of seeds and a crackdown on marijuana plantations. Everything came from the pen of Opstelten. This 'war on drugs' cost tons of money. Where the Netherlands was once progressive, we are now caught up on all side. Countries like Uruguay and the US states of Alaska, Colorado and Washington have made marijuana legal. The new Minister of Justice must put our country back into reality with both legs.

55 mayors signed last year, the Joint Regulation, an appeal to Opstelten to allow them regulate cannabis cultivation. The reason is simple: a city like Amsterdam - the city with the most coffee shops of the world - is a permanent police platoon lost to the current, unsustainable tolerance. You may sell, but do not grow. A crooked system, with far-reaching negative consequences.
Forced criminal

Coffeeshop holders are forced to supply their shop through the criminal underworld. No inspection can take place on the strength, composition and quality of the weed, which health risks are unnecessarily large: weed is often full of pesticides. Safety in neighborhoods is also unnecessary in the case because there is grown in homes and attics. As many as one in four fires in inner cities is caused by illegal cannabis. The police are now overworked: 77% of the investigative capacity of police services for drug cases. Those cops can a city like Amsterdam better use. There is a wave winding, the number of burglaries increases. There, residents of cities more problems than soft drugs. And now must borrow Amsterdam detectives from cities such as Utrecht and The Hague.
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If it is set to D66 Amsterdam again the magical center (for blowers) what it once was, by regulating cannabis cultivation for example [Photo: Patrick Hudepohl / Flickr]
"Mayors are not concerned with maintaining an image as a crime fighter, as Opstelten. Mayors want to really make their city safer, and therefore prefer to put police to catch criminals than to detect marijuana plants'

The repressive policies has caused more problems. In Amsterdam Opstelten enforced that one third of the coffee shops must close. Result is that tourists are standing at the center in long queues at the coffee shop. Street Dealers seize the opportunity and sell illegal drugs on the waiting tourists, with all the risks that entails. Also brave coffeeshop owners who adhere to all rules were sometimes close their case.
The 21st century begins now ...

Actually, this criticism of the former minister hardly debated. Opstelten was against weed control, but VVD mayors Jan van Zanen (Utrecht) and Antoine Scholten (Venlo), stand with your feet in the clay, and draw the same conclusions as their colleagues from D66 and the PvdA. VVD also in the capital took openly from the minister. And that makes sense. Mayors are not concerned with maintaining an image as a crime fighter, as Opstelten. Mayors want to really make their city safer, and therefore prefer to put police to catch criminals than to detect marijuana plants.

Opstelten has left the Ministry of Security and Justice. Amsterdam, Utrecht, Eindhoven and other cities are eager to Dutch drug policy to guide the 21eeeuw. Best successor Opstelten, it's time for change.

[madmaxxx]

maybe some shops on the list of doom can be saved,good news in all round,

[Rossi]

Maybe some of the new laws will be reversed