Eindhoven plans to accept small grow businesses to fight the mafia!

[firefighter 137]

A friend translated this from medijuana magazine for you:

http://de.medijuana.eu/?p=1136

I can only agree. SUPPORT LOCAL GROWERS, KEEP THE MAFIA OUT!!! Don't buy their shit

The magistrate of Eindhoven wants to decriminalize local smaller growers who sell their products to the coffeeshops. Ivo Opstelten, mayor of Eindhoven wrote a letter to the Dutch secretary of justice outlining that the problem today are the criminal organizations bullying the the coffeshop owners to buy their mass products and intimidating others. "Fraud, money laundering, and bullying done by criminal organizations who are press-ganging the coffeshops to buy their products" says Rob van Gijzel, mayor of Eindhoven. "This is unaccepatble and raises also quality and health issues!"

So the magistrate of Eindhoven supports a "regulated growing" by local private growers who are then allowed to sell their proven quality products to the coffeeshops. Thus the influence of organized crime will be diminished. The project will run for three years.

[Dust 6,284]

that would be an amazing thing indeed for NL to finally recognize and simplify the supply of the coffeeshops! thanks for sharing this man

[URBANNINJA 720]

Well that would be awesome but i can tell u the flipside of the coin is that much shops got closed in dam .... even one of my favs Hill Street Blues is gone its now a Bozzer shop i talked to Travisvan from voyagers he said 12 Shops in the last 4 weeks sad

[firefighter 137]

Won't growers be victimized in turn?

I guess so, on a local level.The Dutch are very keen about registering everything and making it legit or not. So I see it as a first attempt for officially grown weed for the coffeeshops.

Well that would be awesome but i can tell u the flipside of the coin is that much shops got closed in dam .... even one of my favs Hill Street Blues is gone its now a Bozzer shop i talked to Travisvan from voyagers he said 12 Shops in the last 4 weeks sad

I have not been to Adam for quite a long time and I do not know if this is against the shops in general or against some other criminal organized activities.

[TheOne 594]

Leuk! Finally someone in the Dutch gvmt stepping it up!

[firefighter 137]

Leuk! Finally someone in the Dutch gvmt stepping it up!

It is done because of fear about criminal gangs I guess. Look what happened in Switzerland some years ago: biker gangs took over the growing, brought in human trafficking, people disappeared, villagers were intimidated, people got tortured and killed even and the government decided to completely ban the growing. I think it is better to take those animals out.....

[Gaz 856]

Where do I apply only up the road.

[firefighter 137]

Where do I apply only up the road.

If you know that tell me please - I will be there or even move there.....