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Marijuana exports generate €2bnMonday 20 October 2008 Dutch growers earn around €2bn from exporting marijuana to the rest of the world every year, a senior police chief told the NRC newspaper this weekend. This compares to €5.5bn for the country’s entire flower and plant export trade, paper says. Every year, more than 500 tonnes of marijuana grown in the Netherlands is shipped abroad, police commissioner Max Daniel told the paper. The figures are based on police research. Daniel says that 80% of cannabis grown in the country is for export. 'In the Netherlands, we have 400,000 cannabis users. If that was it, we would have a much more manageable problem.' He claims that the involvement of organised crime in the marijuana trade is increasing. 'Hemp has a role in almost every major murder, guns and drugs case,' he tells the paper. Organised crime And the police chief claims that the lines between the underworld and ordinary society are becoming increasingly blurred. Banks give mortgages to hemp growers, while companies allied to universities help them improve their production techniques, says Daniel. This summer the government set up a task force involving the police, justice ministry officials, energy companies and housing corporations to look at the role of organised crime in marijuana production. It is illegal to grow marijuana in the Netherlands although police turn a blind eye if they find up to four plants. Marijuana possession is also technically illegal, but up to five grammes will be ignored. © DutchNews.nl Get the DutchNews.nl newsletter in your mailbox: Click here to subscribe
In Greece police claims that the Greek cannabis growers send all their harvest to the Netherlands.... By griekse | October 20, 2008 11:07 PM Netherlands has the best policy toward cannabis, but it's fatally flawed because the country still supports the failed prohibition regime. Cannabis doesn't cause big problems other than for the illegal nature of the supply side. Make it legal, make it a properly controlled drug and remove it from the hands of criminals. By Derek Williams | October 21, 2008 8:03 AM Huh! Cannabis could solve many of Holland problems, especially the looming financial ones. It's also a very powerful medicine, and one for which there is no alternative. Yet, it is little understood, even in Holland, despite the years of toleration and the freedom to do research. By Gerard | October 21, 2008 11:16 PM Place your comments: |
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I can't believe the Dutch will really believe such BULL from the government.
By alanposting | October 20, 2008 10:56 AM