DutchNews.nl,
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Two
foundations in Utrecht are to apply for exemption from the opium laws so they
can set up ‘cannabis clubs’ to grow marijuana for medical research with city
council backing, the Volkskrant reports on Tuesday.
The aim of
the experiment, says the Volkskrant, is to find out if the club’s members'
psychological condition improves, if ‘home grown’ marijuana is less dangerous
than that sold in the country’s coffee shops, and if cannabis club members
cause less of a public nuisance.
Crime
The city
council says the clubs would be a suitable alternative to coffee shops, which
are largely supplied by organised crime.
In
addition, coffee shop marijuana is often grown using large amounts of chemicals
and its THC percentage – the active ingredient – can be above 15%. The
government is planning to treat marijuana with a higher THC content as a hard
drug.
A number of
cities have recently called on the government to regulate marijuana production,
including Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Groningen, Nijmegen and Zwolle. Everhardt told
the Volkskrant his plan is different.
Members
For
example, the club would have a maximum 100 members, he said.
Lawyer
André Beckers, who specialises in cannabis and coffee shop policy, said the
health angle offers more options. ‘In America there are enough medical
marijuana shops which look suspiciously like our coffee shops,’ he told the
paper.
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