EU Parliament member Dennis de Jong on Dutch cannabis policy
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For decades the Netherlands have been the outsider in Europe when it comes to drug policy. The main features are well known: the law is not much different from other member states, the production and use of drugs is punishable by law. But the office of the public prosecutor refrains from prosecuting -under specific conditionsthe consumption and sale of cannabis. To be quite clear: the production of cannabis does not normally come under this exception.
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