Court tears up cannabis cafe conviction; says supplies essential to do business

Judges are questioning the policy of licencing coffee shops but refusing to legalise the supply side
Dutch News (Netherlands)
Friday, June 3, 2016

Appeal court judges in The Hague have torn up a community service sentence handed down to a cannabis cafe owner, saying officials should have been aware he had marijuana stored in a nearby building. The appeal court judges said the men were right to assume that officials not only turned a blind eye to the coffee shop but to the fact they needed a supply of the drug in order to do business. The ruling is the latest in a string of rulings in which judges have questioned the current policy of licencing coffee shops but refusing to legalise the supply side.