Drugs policy in the Netherlands

Table of contents

1. Introduction and definition of problem
   1. The history of drugs policy in the Netherlands
   2. Current situation and evaluation
   3. Complications and new trends
   4. Principles of future policy
   5. Conclusions
2. Policy on the use of hard drugs
   1. Amount and nature
   2. Policy on the use of ecstasy
   3. Crime, nuisance and addicts
   4. Administrative measures to combat nuisance
   5. Legal instruments
   6. Hard drug "tourism"
3. Prevention and the care and treatment of addicts
   1. The importance of the renewal of care
   2. The renewal of care and prevention
   3. Greater coordination of care for addicts
   4. Differentiation in residential care
   5. Management and financing structure of non-residential care for addicts
   6. Compulsion and dissuasion in the care of addicts
   7. Provision of heroin on medical grounds
   8. Guarantee of standards, and evaluation
4. Policy on soft drugs and coffee shops
   1. Extent and nature of cannabis use
   2. The size of the soft drugs market in the Netherlands
   3. Regulation of coffee shops
   4. Coffee shops and organised crime
   5. Drug tourism and coffee shops
5. Enforcement of the Opium Act
   1. Investigation and prosecution of drug traffickers
   2. Investigation results
   3. The role of organised crime
   4. Bringing up to date the plan of approach to organised crime
   5. International cooperation in combating drugs
   6. Cultivation of cannabis in the Netherlands

   Conclusions and policy intentions

   Estimate of the annual financial implications of the policy document on drugs

   Bibliography

   Annex I

   Annex II

   Annex III

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   Tweede Kamer, vergaderjaar 1994-1995, 24077, nrs. 2-3
   © Ministerie VWS