We talked with Derrick Bergman about cannabis laws, coffee-shops, and activism in the Netherlands. https://voc-nederland.org/
Interview with Dr. Fabian Pitter Steinmetz (toxicologist)
We talked with Dr. Steinmetz about cannabis and driving, the Schildower Kreis, psychedelics, the future of drug policy, and more. If you missed his presentation at the conference Rolling into the Future, you can check it out here:
Recommendations for regulating the recreational use of cannabis in the European Union
TEMPLATE LETTER TO THE MEPs Situational analysis Every week, 90.2 million European citizens risk being sold a synthetic cannabis product or cannabis contaminated with pesticide and other harmful substances. Every day, criminal organisations continue to strengthen their market monopoly. Every hour, 1% of European citizens risks being arrested by the police. Rationale The […]
Rolling into the future: Recreational cannabis legislation in the EU
Dear friends and members, On Monday 19th of April at 10.30 (CET) we are inviting you to watch the conference organised by MEP Cyrus Engerer and ENCOD about the future of recreational use of cannabis in the European Union. At the conference, we will look into the different kinds of policies currently in place across […]
Side-events at the 64th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)
Dear friends and members, Once again the time has come. At the 64th session of CND, ENCOD is organizing a side-event on the Heroin and Ibogaine Assisted Treatments, and co-organizing one about Strengthening the Prevention & Treatment of Cannabis Problematic Use. You can join the virtual event about the Heroin and Ibogaine Assisted Treatments on the […]
Coming up…
Dear friends and members, In the past two months, our team was busy organizing a conference on the recreational use of cannabis in collaboration with the Maltese MEP Cyrus Engerer and his team. Check out the teaser for the conference below, and we hope you tune in on the 19th of April at 10.30 (CET) […]
In memoriam Joep Oomen
Dear friends and members, It’s been five years since the sudden and unexpected passing of Joep. He will always be in our hearts and remain an inspiration in our lives. We invite you to read the last bulletin he wrote in February 2016 entitled “Grow Your Freedom”: The first step to understand how drug […]
Free ‘National Cannabis Newspaper’ aims to get cannabis consumers to vote in Dutch elections
EINDHOVEN – A free ‘National Cannabis Newspaper’ will be available throughout the Netherlands from February 9 to March 17, the day of the national elections. The paper is published by the VOC, the Union for Abolition of Cannabis Prohibition. The 100.000 copies will be distributed via the 570 cannabis coffeeshops in the country. The twenty-page […]
The 100th anniversary of the Belgian “drug law”
The Belgian drug law is 100 years old. For that long, it has been there as a legal basis to stigmatise and punish people who use drugs. For that long, this law has had a negative impact on public health and human rights. Now that this experiment has been going on for literally a century […]
Social Cannabis Club SKK Sombor
The citizens’ association “Social Cannabis Club SKK Sombor” is a humanitarian, non-governmental and non-profit association. We were renewed in 2015, and we officially registered in January 2016. Previously, there was a bar at this location and people with open attitudes and opinions came, and for these reasons, this association was formed. From 2015 until today, […]