Energy | Nature Amsterdam’s Green party wants ecological marijuana
Amsterdam - Growing cannabis should be legalized, but only if done ecologically, according to a plan published Monday by Amsterdam’s Green Party.
http://www.earthtimes.org 24 Aug 2009
Presenting its party programme for next year’s local elections, the Green Party said that only if the Netherlands fully liberalized its drug policy, could it regulate the industry and reduce drug- related crime.
The sale and consumption of so-called soft drugs such as marijuana is legal in the Netherlands, but the growing of cannabis, from which marijuana is derived, is not.
The Green Party says that only cannabis farmers who grow their crop ecologically should be licensed.
The Green Party says a lack of regulation is the reason why the marijuana that is currently sold in so-called "coffee shops" often contains dangerously high percentages of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the substance that gives the drug its potency.
