Netherlands Next step in cannabis experiment: Dozens of coffeeshops selling only regulated weed

Next step in cannabis experiment: Dozens of coffeeshops selling only regulated weed​

The Netherlands’ experiment with regulated cannabis production has entered a new, crucial phase. From today, all coffeeshops in the ten participating municipalities are only allowed to sell cannabis grown by regulated cultivators. They can still sell tolerated hash bought through the “back door” for the time being.

This involves almost 80 coffeeshops in Almere, Arnhem, Breda, Groningen, Heerlen, Hellevoetsluis, Maastricht, Nijmegen, Tilburg, and Zaanstad. This is a big step because it puts an end to the tolerance policy - in which coffeeshops were allowed to sell cannabis, but authorities turned a blind eye to where they got their supply because cultivation was illegal - in these municipalities.

According to the coffeeshops, consumers are enthusiastic about the legal supply of cannabis. But there are concerns about whether the growers can keep up with demand. “There were still some problems in recent weeks,” Stan Esmeijer of the Coffeeshop Platform Nijmegen told NOS. Popular legal types of weed are not always available. Hash, which is widely used, is hardly available at all.

After coffeeshops raised the alarm about supply issues in the run-up to this next step in the experiment, the government decided to allow the sale of illegal hash for a few more months. But according to the government, the cannabis supply is sufficient.

“If that is not the case, we will have a serious problem,” Esmeijer said about the cannabis supply. “Then we have empty shelves and we fear that street trading and nuisance will increase.”

The supply concerns stem from only five of the ten regulated growers being fully operational. The rest are still starting up or haven’t even started cultivating yet. Some struggled to find a suitable location, and the search and screening of investors took longer than expected. Growers also had trouble opening bank accounts.

“The intention was to start this new phase with more growers, so I understand the concerns of the coffeeshops,” Rick Bakkers of Hollandse Hoogtes, one of the ten growers, told NOS. The company started with 15 people six months ago and has since grown to 140 employees working in the cultivation halls in Bemmel. Hollandse Hoogtes supplies around 200 kilograms per week.

Bakker thinks that the active growers can supply enough cannabis for now, and once all growers are up and running, there will always be enough choice.

Next step in cannabis experiment: Dozens of coffeeshops selling only regulated weed

The Netherlands’ experiment with regulated cannabis production has entered a new, crucial phase. From today, all coffeeshops in the ten participating municipalities are only allowed to sell cannabis grown by regulated cultivators. They can still sell tolerated hash bought through the “back door”...

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[BriWoods]

All corrupt as fuck. I mean what can you do with all that money??? You cant take it with you when you die. You can only do so much in a day. Gready cunts. Mind my language its annoying that its to far gone in the world to stop these people

 

[node]

All corrupt as fuck. I mean what can you do with all that money??? You cant take it with you when you die. You can only do so much in a day. Gready cunts. Mind my language its annoying that its to far gone in the world to stop these people

I'm not sure it is just about the money tho - Its hard for me to imagine but they appear to be very much about suffering and some suggest their inbreeding is so bad not a scrap of humanity in them so...but its hard to know and I suspect if your born into this level cartel families they will see it as a weakness... so like bad bud, usually bad genes - you can see it in faces of the Royals and Rothschilds for example.

 

[BriWoods]

Yea i had the royals in mind during reading this thread lol. Rothschilds and anyone else who owns the banks.

If not for the money then what for.... power? To control??

I believe in order in the world but not control. I suppose the 2 come hand in hand

 

[BriWoods]

What a shitty world we live in ay

 

[node]

Yea i had the royals in mind during reading this thread lol. Rothschilds and anyone else who owns the banks.

If not for the money then what for.... power? To control??

I believe in order in the world but not control. I suppose the 2 come hand in hand

Hard to know the whys... like when I studied how to research and more importantly real examples from investigations, its really rare to get the whys esp with psychopaths... My guess would be for reasons which maybe related to spirituality... these are very bad ones, who appear to be trapped here... pure speculation but they put too much time+money into playing gods (playing both sides) here so... I think its a spiritual battle thats been going on forever mate.

 

[node]

Yea i had the royals in mind during reading this thread lol. Rothschilds and anyone else who owns the banks.

If not for the money then what for.... power? To control??

I believe in order in the world but not control. I suppose the 2 come hand in hand

Its maintaining that power by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-spectrum_dominance primarily fear, through psychological means. So these are the real terrorists - who our governements, like all the countries around the world report to. Mind blowing, but makes much more sense when its thought thru logically.

 

[BriWoods]

Well im psychologically mentally impaired so fuck em lol. Tactics wont work on us im sure lol

 

[node]

Well im psychologically mentally impaired so fuck em lol. Tactics wont work on us im sure lol

Me too lol. There wasting their time on me. But like I don't trust big pharma I'll be growing my own if they completely dominate the market and start synthetic shit or worse.

 

[BriWoods]

Im sure it will. I know some police areas in uk have a more relaxed view on personal growing. They say they dont but they do. Personal experiences taught me that.

Same with the road side tests... in Manchester, i read somewhere from the bbc or a major news outlet (yes i know there all bollox, but some of has to originate from somewhere) they despise these tests as they cause to much hassle for a minor offence. Same with Sheffield police. I will hunt down the source lol

Edited: what i read was from maybe 2015-2018/19 about the drugtests so maybe times have changed. My bad

 

[node]

Im sure it will. I know some police areas in uk have a more relaxed view on personal growing. They say they dont but they do. Personal experiences taught me that.

Same with the road side tests... in Manchester, i read somewhere from the bbc or a major news outlet (yes i know there all bollox, but some of has to originate from somewhere) they despise these tests as they cause to much hassle for a minor offence. Same with Sheffield police. I will hunt down the source lol

Edited: what i read was from maybe 2015-2018/19 about the drugtests so maybe times have changed. My bad

I think any policing of grows in future may well eventually be carried out by the extremely well funded City of London police force, who recently targeted Counterfeit Street in Manchester - they work for the big brand owners (including ofc big pharma), who also can make another killing when a prime location gets busted then gentrified. This is privatised policing on steroids...but am hopeful they only go after the big commercial grows, only things that effect their bottom line.