La política del cannabis en los Países Bajos: un paso adelante, no atrás

Este informe de Transform señala que todo apunta a que existe un amplio apoyo político y popular para mantener la posición históricamente progresista con respecto al cannabis en los Países Bajos.

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Misunderstandings and misreporting of actual and proposed changes to Dutch cannabis policy in 2011 have led some opponents of cannabis reform to suggest the country is retreating from its longstanding and pragmatic policy of tolerating the possession, use and sale of cannabis.

This is not the case. In reality, most of the more regressive measures have either not been implemented, have been subsequently abandoned, or have had only marginal impacts. Additionally, there is growing public support for wider, progressive reform, including a system of legal cannabis regulation similar to that adopted in Uruguay, and efforts are underway by numerous municipalities to establish such models of production and supply.

This report by Transform shows that all signs point to there being broad popular and political support for continuing Netherlands’s historically progressive stance on cannabis.

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