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13th November 2023
Netherlands: The government has published an information leaflet for the closed coffee shop chain experiment, which will be supplied with every cannabis product via a QR code on the packaging. It provides important information for all cannabis users with the aim of reducing harm to the health of users.2nd October 2023
- Netherlands: The outgoing Dutch cabinet has decided that Oost, an eastern district of Amsterdam, will be participating in the cannabis experiment as the 11th municipality, media reports. Last month, in a letter to Parliament, the outgoing cabinet informed that the start-up phase of the cannabis experiment kicks off on 15th December 2023, in two municipalities – Breda and Tilburg. Participating coffee shops may offer both legally grown and tolerated products in this phase. The start of the experiment for Amsterdam and other municipalities is expected at the end of the first quarter of 2024.
20th September 2023
- Netherlands: Earlier this month, the government published the updated timeline of the cannabis experiment, media reports. The new timeline includes the start date of the experiment. As alerted previously, the outgoing cabinet announced that the startup phase of the cannabis experiment will kick off on 15th December in the municipalities of Breda and Tilburg. In this phase, participating coffee shops may offer both legally grown and tolerated products.
18th September 2023
- Netherlands: In a letter to Parliament, the outgoing cabinet has informed that the startup phase of the country’s cannabis experiment kicks off on 15th December in the municipalities of Breda and Tilburg. In this phase, participating coffee shops may offer both legally grown and tolerated products.
13th September 2023
- Netherlands: In a webinar held today (13th September) by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Margriet van Laar, head of the Drug Monitoring and Policy department of the Trimbos Institute and the Reitox National Focal Point, talked about the background of the closed cannabis supply chain experiment. She said the Netherlands is still in the preparatory phase. Van Laar referred to some of the experiment’s delays and challenges, such as the nomination of growers taking more time than expected, problems growers had finding a location, getting licences to cultivate cannabis, and obtaining a bank account.
28th August 2023
- Netherlands: In light of the recent collapse of the coalition government, the Ministry of Justice and Security commented on the future of the cannabis experiment, media reports. The ministry said the consequences of the coalition's collapse on the experiment are not yet known, and it will continue with preparations for the trial. The mayor of Amsterdam's proposal for the participation of the Amsterdam-East district is currently being considered, the ministry confirmed.
22nd May 2023
- Netherlands: The local authority of Amsterdam has approved the decision to prohibit tourists and residents from smoking cannabis in the streets of the old city centre from 25th May, media reports. The measure is part of the package to combat the crowds and nuisance in the Red Light District. Enforcement will begin with a warning, followed by a fine of €100.
12th April 2023
Netherlands: All ten growers in the Closed Coffee Shop Chain experiment have been selected and instructed, media reports. The first phase of the experiment is expected to start in the fourth quarter of 2023 in the municipalities of Tilburg and Breda.
9th March 2023
- Netherlands: The minister of health, welfare and sport, Ernst Kuipers, has sent a letter to Parliament informing the House of Representatives about the progress of the medical cannabis policy, media reports. In the letter, Kuipers says that he wants to create more possibilities with policy changes within the current legal framework. Among other things, he wants to scrap the export ceiling and remove the limitation of the production capacity of medicinal cannabis. He also wants to promote the trade of medicinal cannabis for scientific research and drug development by allowing buying of medicinal cannabis at home and abroad from a supplier that has not been commissioned by the Bureau of Medical Cannabis.
27th February 2023
- Netherlands: Ernst Kuipers, the minister of health, has announced that the state-controlled cannabis experiment in the municipalities of Tilburg and Breda can start in October, by which point there should be three growers who can supply a sufficient amount of good quality cannabis, media reports. The start-up phase in these municipalities should last six months, after which the cabinet will look to expand it to the other eight municipalities, and possibly a city district in Amsterdam.
23rd February 2023
Netherlands: Amsterdam wants to participate in the regulated closed coffee shop chain experiment, which has faced numerous delays over the last few years, media reports. The city authorities are currently considering which district should participate in the experiment.
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