 Cannabis policy in The Netherlands: Rationale and design of an experiment with a controlled legal (‘closed’) cannabis supply chainJ. André Knottnerus, Tom Blom, Sanne van Eerden, Jan H.H. Mans, Dike van de Mheen, J.Nico D. de Neeling, David C.L. Schelfhout, Jaap C. Seidell, Albert H. van Wijk, (Karin) van Wingerde, C.G. and Wim van den Brink Health Policy, 2023, vol. 129, issue C Abstract: Since the Dutch tolerance policy, allowing the purchase of cannabis in ‘coffeeshops’, is associated with problems of public order and safety as well as health risks, there has been a long debate about legalisation of cannabis production and supply. It was therefore decided to conduct an experiment with a controlled legal (‘closed’) cannabis supply chain for recreational use. This is of international relevance in view of the current illegal cannabis exports from the Netherlands, the importance of sharing knowledge about the effectiveness of cannabis policies, and the accumulation of evidence needed to evaluate and update international treaties. Here we describe and discuss the background, general approach and design of the experiment. Keywords: Cannabis policy; Legalisation; Experiment; Closed chain; Health; Crime (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:129:y:2023:i:c:s016885102200313x DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.12.007 Access Statistics for this article Health Policy is currently edited by Katrien Kesteloot, Mia Defever and Irina Cleemput More articles in Health Policy from Elsevier |
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