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Post-Election, Fate of Dutch "Weed Pass" Uncertain

(STDW) The conservative Dutch government was all set to introduce the controversial “weed pass” system, in which Dutch citizens would have to register with the government to buy marijuana at the county’s famous cannabis cafes or coffee shops and foreigners would be out of luck, nationwide on January 1, but then the government fell in a September election.

Now the leading conservative party, the VVD, is in talks to form a new government with the Labor Party, which opposes the weed pass, and Dutch News is reporting that the two parties are working on a compromise solution. In any case, it looks like nationwide introduction of the weed pass is now dead.

The weed pass system is already in place in selected Dutch border towns, where it was imposed in a bid to stanch the flow of “drug tourists” from more repressive France, Germany, and Belgium. The VVD justice minister, Ivo Opstelten, has described it as “a great success,” but there have also been numerous reports of increased street dealing and other drug-related nuisances in its wake.