The Dutch forge ahead.

[Buddy]

Dutch get first cannabis pharmacy

From correspondents in Amsterdam

February 02, 2006

 

THE Dutch city of Groningen looks set to open the Netherlands' first pharmacy totally dedicated to providing high quality cannabis for pain relief at affordable prices, it was reported today.

 

Although cannabis is readily available in Dutch coffee shops, the foundation for Medicinal Cannabis Netherlands, a support group for patients, intends launching a pharmacy in the northern Dutch city so people can have access to high-grade cannabis for medical use, the NRC Handelsblad newspaper said.

 

Groningen city council member Fleur Woudstra, who supports the cannabis pharmacy, told the paper that while pot may be cheaper in coffee shops - usually around E10 ($16.07) for the equivalent of 3 or 4 joints - quality often suffers.

 

The Office of Medicinal Cannabis, a Dutch government agency, and the community of Groningen as well as the local police back the idea and a site has been chosen.

 

It was not immediately clear just when the pharmacy would open for business.

 

Two more cannabis pharmacies are planned in the towns of Hoogezand and Assen, the paper said.

 

The Australian.

[everest]

awesome ....

 

say bye to all the coffee shops now then :smoke

 

they been on about it for a while now , & too me this is simply the first stage of a government just about to cash in on our beloved dope :scratchin

 

ev :smoke

[postman]

Gonna be interesting to see what the toothless tiger, (United Nations), have to say about this.

[WantDaChronic]

fuck the UN, what are they gonna do? write a strongly worded letter? ::

 

i love the idea of the cannabis pharmacy, it'd be so cool to walk in and see 100 different strains, each of which help with certain problems like pain relief, insomnia, etc :thumbsup

[raverspec]

: They could have sections

 

"LAUGH A LOT"

"PAIN MANAGEMENT"

"I'M GOING STRAIGHT TO AN ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET"

"TRIPPIN BALLS"

 

etc...

[HighRising]

"ENJOY THE GRATEFUL DEAD"

"UNDERSTAND UNIVERSAL LOVE"

"FIND GOD"

"COUCHLOCK"

 

Damn we need that stuff here!

[Brash]

Gonna be interesting to see what the toothless tiger, (United Nations), have to say about this.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

There is nothing in the UN conventions on drugs that disallows the medical uses of the three major herbal drugs - cannabis, coca & opium. It is just as legal for the NSW government to allow cannabis to be grown for medical purposes as it is for the Tasmanian opium industry.

[XPATSEEDS]

These kinds of places already exist anyways..

 

They are not a first...

 

There are places where people can buy weed that's been prescribed to them.

[Guest niall]

Gonna be interesting to see what the toothless tiger, (United Nations), have to say about this.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

The UN treaties specifically allow cannabis for research and public health, and it's all a bit irrelevent at this early stage as i) cannabis is still illegal in the Netherlands; and ii) the UN treaties were never intended to apply to personal/medicinal use only possession and cultivation for the purposes of trafficking. On the surface it seems different, but the definitions and commentary from the original authors made it clear that they have been interpreted too literally.

[Gruntus]

xPat is Netherlands a signatory to UN The Single Convention on Drugs?

How much trade does your country do with the US as a % of GDP ?

s'okay if you dont know, I'll keep hunting..

 

It only takes a change of Government for a shift in trade sympathies (& attitudes). More on Single_Convention_on_Narcotic_Drugs