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Dutch Man Confesses to Killing British Woman in Kashmir, Police Say
Attacker blamed influence of cannabis in part for killing, police said NYT > Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
Scientists Map Genome for Dutch Elm Disease Fungus
FRIDAY April 5, 2013 — Researchers who mapped the genome of the fungus that causes Dutch Elm disease say their discovery could help scientists find ...
Dutch “Weed Pass” Idea Shut Down, Amsterdam Tourists Can Toke Up
Joe | Nov 20, 2012 | Comments 0 The much-maligned “weed pass” plan that has been going into effect across The Netherlands has been shut ...
Dutch “Weed Pass” Update
Just in time for the 2012 HIGH TIMES Cannabis Cup, the brand-new centrist Dutch government introduced a provisional pact in late October that will terminate ...
Dutch “Weed Pass” Rejected
The incoming Dutch government has rejected a proposal for a “wietpas” or “weed pass,” a compulsory registration for anyone using the country’s famous marijuana cafes. ...
Dutch art heist museum says security system in order
1 of 4. A police officer investigates the surroundings of Rotterdam’s Kunsthal art gallery in the Netherlands October 16, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Robin van Lonkhuijsen By ...
Dutch province tilts at (real) windmills
By Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM | Wed Sep 5, 2012 11:54am EDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands has been famous for its windmills for centuries but ...
Dutch police release piano-playing break-in artist
AMSTERDAM | Tue Sep 4, 2012 4:46am EDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch police arrested and then released without charge a homeless man who triggered an ...
Dutch “Weed Pass” Leads to Illegal Pot Sales
Does prohibition ever get it right? In just two months’ time, illegal black market trafficking of marijuana has increased in the Netherlands after the establishment ...
Protesters Decry Dutch Cannabis Ban
The new law reverses the traditional Dutch policy of tolerance of “soft drugs” and makes illegal the booming “tourist drug trade.” Coffee shops have become ...
Dutch Judge Approves “Weed Pass,” Tourist Ban To Begin May 1
A Dutch judge upheld the government’s controversial Weed Pass law on Friday, paving the way for the new rules to take effect in parts of ...
Dutch Plan to Restrict Marijuana Passes Hurdle
The Dutch government’s plan to prohibit the purchase of marijuana by nonresidents passed an important hurdle on Friday, when a court in The Hague dismissed ...
Hope for Future of Coffeeshops After Collapse of Conservative Dutch Government
Since the 1970s, the Netherlands’ legendary cannabis coffeeshops have been officially “tolerated” by the government, meaning that while technically illegal, they’ve nonetheless operated openly, with ...
Dutch “burqa ban” may go after government falls
1 of 2. Protestors demonstrate against the ban on Muslim women wearing the burqa in public in The Hague, November 30, 2006. Credit: Reuters/Toussaint Kluiters ...
Dutch bug cookbook launched to stir taste for insects
Fried grasshoppers are seen fried in pandan leaf at a Bangkok market April 4, 2007. Credit: Reuters/Adrees Latif By Ivana Sekularac AMSTERDAM | Tue Apr ...
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