Dutch to reclassify potent weed??? WTF!!!

This is some bad news for the Dutch,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15225270
The famous cannabis-selling coffee shops of the Netherlands are facing new tighter restrictions.

The Dutch government is reclassifying high-strength cannabis to put it in the same category as hard drugs.

It says the amount of the main active chemical in the drug, THC, has gone up, making it far more potent than a generation ago.

It means the coffee shops will be forced to take the popular, high-strength varieties off their shelves.

Dutch politicians say high-strength cannabis, known as "skunk", is more dangerous than it was before.

In the future, anything containing more than 15% THC will be treated the same way as hard drugs, such as cocaine and ecstasy.

The move is a big blow to the coffee shops - and means they will have to replace about 80% of their stock with weaker varieties.

Marc Josemans, who runs a cafe in Maastricht, says he believes that the new tough approach is being driven by the increasingly influential far-right in Dutch politics.

"You immediately can taste the difference. Everything which is considered unusual for them - they call it 'left hobbies' and under this name they want to ban all 'left hobbies', like using cannabis," he told the BBC.

The move means that the Netherlands' traditional tolerance of soft drugs is to become a thing of the past.

The ban on the high-strength "skunk" is expected to be introduced next year, when police will start doing random checks in the cafes.

From next year, the Dutch government also plans to ban tourists from entering coffee shops across the country.

just noticed this was the first article on the front of the website!

Its kinda stupid, with potent weed you use less, less often, and therefore you are probably smokeing less also which should be healthier.

i agree, less smoke, so less carcinogens, they just want to fuck with the people who need/want good bud some how. they know that people want strong weed, so what are they gonna do????? classify it as heroin?? watch, america will follow next

all the stuff they have to get rid of id happily take it off of them for free

plenty of research that shows high potency weed is actually better for you, they got their head up their asses. probably being threatened by entities related to the DEA....

things like this are a concern of mine. although arizona has legal medical pot, next election cycle, it could all be taken away. many of our politicians are scum or religious nuts and they can't stand the fact that it's legal at the moment! it think it passed by under 1000 votes.

our gubment pushes most of the rest of the world to be harsh on marijuana or they won't get our generous donations of money/votes in the UN. our gubment has done it for decades. our gubment sucks! ALL politicians are liars, whores and thieves! not your politicians, not my politicians, ALL politicians! you have to vote to keep the vermin under control!

what the fuck happened to the netherlands in the last 5 years?


first, no more mushrooms

then, no more hash for tourists

then, no more cannabis for tourists...


NOW, no more GOOD weed for ANYBODY



Hard to believe the dutch were once on the cutting edge of cannabis breeding.

Sr. Verde said:

what the fuck happened to the netherlands in the last 5 years?


first, no more mushrooms

then, no more hash for tourists

then, no more cannabis for tourists...


NOW, no more GOOD weed for ANYBODY



Hard to believe the dutch were once on the cutting edge of cannabis breeding.

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yeah its up to cali and other major med states once again...this all comes back to the US.

referring to high grade as simply "skunk" just shows the ignorance that went into making this change. may as well call it dro or chronic...how do they determine "high grade" anyway? are they legit going to run lab tests on every sample in the country? i wonder if they realize how fucking stupid this is.

ANC said:

Its kinda stupid, with potent weed you use less, less often, and therefore you are probably smokeing less also which should be healthier.

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Indeed, it's like saying wine and spirits should only be available to 0 years olds and that anyone under that age will have to make do with beer. Just because it has a higher tHC content does not make it a more harmful item, which would mean that their classification system is based purely on how much it fucks you up (the good kind of fucks you up, the reason the thing was consumed in the first place) and not actually on it's perceived risks and whatnot.

My bet would be that like with most countries there is someone or something with a lot of weight behind them, poking the Dutch government in the ribs.