Cannabis Culture Award winner 2012 Thorvald Stoltenberg: ‘Hope is almost as important as life itself’ During a festive and moving ceremony, the Cannabis Culture Awards 2012 were awarded on April 26th in Amsterdam. Two former statesmen, Mr. Thorvald Stoltenberg, former minister of Defense of Norway and Mr. Dries van Agt, former Prime minister of the […]

The Netherlands used to be one of the most progressive countries in the world when it came to softdrugs. The Dutch policy of regulating rather then prohibiting has obviously worked, as the percentage of regular (soft)drugs user is lower then in almost all european countries and even the United States. The only problem is that […]

Dr Jean Colombera, Green party deputy, has begun a campaign to get hemp legalised for use in medicine in Luxembourg after discovering that it can be used to treat tumours. Colombera, a well-known supporter of the use of the hemp plant in medicine, said that he and his research team are able to prove that […]

Well it’s definitely an idea only a cop could come up with, but while being surrealistic, it seems to reignite the debate on medical cannabis in a country where all drugs are already decriminalized in small amount. Obviously the Justice Minister of the Czech Republic sees in this idea an opportunity to lower costs for […]

In response to the current plans for limiting the right to buy cannabis to Dutch residents, and other related restrictions, a series of debates are taking place throughout the Netherlands during February and March. Beginning tomorrow (05/02) at the Cannabis College in Amsterdam, the Cannabis Debates are open to everyone over the age of 18 and attendance […]