News (Media Awareness Project) - Netherlands: Marijuana Farming Plans Stall In Netherlands |
| Title: | Netherlands: Marijuana Farming Plans Stall In Netherlands |
| Published On: | 2006-06-23 |
| Source: | Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-14 01:46:15 |
MARIJUANA FARMING PLANS STALL IN NETHERLANDS
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The Dutch justice minister on Thursday
fended off a proposal to liberalize the Netherlands' marijuana policy
- -- for the time being.
The minister, Piet Hein Donner, opposed allowing large-scale farming
of marijuana in a pilot project near Maastricht.
Under the 30-year-old Dutch tolerance policy, marijuana is
technically illegal, but users are not prosecuted for possessing
small amounts, and it is openly sold in coffee shops.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The Dutch justice minister on Thursday
fended off a proposal to liberalize the Netherlands' marijuana policy
- -- for the time being.
The minister, Piet Hein Donner, opposed allowing large-scale farming
of marijuana in a pilot project near Maastricht.
Under the 30-year-old Dutch tolerance policy, marijuana is
technically illegal, but users are not prosecuted for possessing
small amounts, and it is openly sold in coffee shops.
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