Items tagged with cannabis and denmark
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| After 50 years, a Danish commune is shaken from Its utopian dream [05.12.2023] | Founded in 1971 by squatters on an abandoned military base, Christiania was devised as a post-’60s anarchistic utopia, where people could live outsid ... |
| Christiania plan could push drug crime into other parts of Copenhagen: MP [07.09.2023] | A government plan to shut down the Christiania ‘Pusher Street’ cannabis market and double drug penalties in the zone risks pushing crime into other p ... |
| Christiania hash sellers could get prison as ‘permanent closure’ announced for Pusher Street market [06.09.2023] | The new law will target a specially designated zone in which fines for possession will be doubled even for a first offence. Any subsequent offence wi ... |
| Copenhagen mayor urges foreigners to stop buying marijuana at city’s drug oasis following shooting [04.09.2023] | Copenhagen’s mayor urged foreigners not to buy weed in the city’s Christiania neighborhood where a 30-year-old man was shot and killed and four other ... |
| Christiania wants Pusher Street closed for good after gang shooting [28.08.2023] | After a fatal shooting in Christiania that left one dead and four injured, residents want hash sales on Pusher Street stopped. “This is a big step an ... |
| State and city reach agreement to close down Pusher Street [27.06.2023] | Pusher Street is no ordinary thoroughfare. For decades, it has housed numerous stalls selling cannabis to the public in open view. During that time, ... |
| Gang violence could end open cannabis trade in anarchist commune Christiania [09.05.2023] | The 40-year history of the open cannabis trade on “Pusher Street” in the heart of the Christiania neighbourhood of Copenhagen could be over as the ci ... |
| Mayor looking to shut down Pusher Street permanently [04.05.2023] | Mayor Sophie Hæstorp Andersen is indicating that she wants to completely shut down Pusher Street due to the violence associated with the illegal cann ... |
| Politicians in Copenhagen voted yes to the cannabis pilot project [04.06.2022] | A majority in the Citizens' Representation in Copenhagen voted yes to a proposal for a cannabis pilot project. The politicians voted for the municipa ... |
| Politicians across parties propose 5-year cannabis pilot in Denmark [15.03.2022] | Danish officials across five political parties have proposed a plan for an adult-use cannabis pilot similar to a program proposed in its capital city ... |
| Socialdemokratiet mayoral candidate to legalise cannabis sales [13.08.2021] | Socialdemokratiet’s leading mayoral candidate for Copenhagen, Sophie Hæstorp Andersen, has big plans concerning the decriminalisation of cannabis. Sh ... |
| Christiania residence ban an abuse of power, contends Danish Institute for Human Rights [31.03.2021] | Christoffer Badse, the head of the Danish Institute for Human Rights, has accused the government of abusing its power with the continuance of its res ... |
| Inside the Walmart of weed [23.11.2019] | With Canada the largest nation to completely legalize marijuana, the world’s most valuable pot company, Canopy Growth Corp., founded in 2013 and now ... |
| Copenhagen city council supports cannabis legalization trial [12.09.2019] | City politicians in Copenhagen are in support of trialling a legalization of the sale of cannabis and will approach the government over the issue. “T ... |
| Cannabis regulation and local authorities in Europe [31.03.2019] | Local and regional authorities across Europe are confronted with the negative consequences of a persisting illicit cannabis market. Increasingly, loc ... |
| Cannabis in the City [01.03.2019] | Lately, there have been clear signs of a shift in governments’ approaches to recreational cannabis. Uruguay in 2013 and Canada in 2018 – as well as a ... |
| Danish law enforcement increasing pressure on Christiania cannabis trade [23.01.2019] | Illicit trade of cannabis at the Pusher Street market in Copenhagen’s Christiania is being put under pressure by an intensive effort from law enforce ... |
| Five Danish political parties support legalisation of cannabis [11.06.2018] | A string of parties on both sides of the political aisle have declared their support for decriminalising the sale of cannabis. Police are wasting the ... |
| Danish police in new Christiania clampdown as hash market pulled down [28.05.2018] | Police in Copenhagen tore down cannabis stands in the Pusher Street market area in Christiania for the third consecutive day. But sellers in the alte ... |
| Denmark’s Christiania closes off 'Pusher Street' cannabis market [22.05.2018] | Residents in Denmark’s alternative enclave Christiania fenced off an area known as Pusher Street, from where cannabis is usually sold. All entrances ... |
| Danish MP calls for decriminalisation of both cannabis and hard drugs [17.05.2018] | Henrik Sass Larsen minces no words in his new book ‘Exodus: The Way to the Centre-Left’ in which he offers up his opinion on the Danish government’s ... |
| Is Sweden's zero-tolerance approach to drugs a failing model? [17.05.2018] | Sweden is accustomed to being praised for its forward-thinking approach, but there's one area where many feel it lies behind the curve. The country's ... |
| Danish police arrest 13 in tense Christiania raid [24.01.2018] | Police seized a large amount of narcotics and items in a raid in the alternative enclave of Christiania in Copenhagen.Ten kilograms of hash and vario ... |
| Danish police use drone in operation against Christiania cannabis trade [30.11.2017] | A special unit of the Copenhagen police force has been operating in and around the ‘free city’ of Christiania and on its notorious Pusher Street in a ... |
| “Despite the rise of gang crime, youth crime has been falling” [18.09.2017] | As Justice Minister between 1996 and 2001, Frank Jensen opposed legalising cannabis. But after becoming Lord Mayor of Copenhagen in 2010, he changed ... |
| End the gang war by setting cannabis free [14.09.2017] | Until the early 2000s, Copenhagen’s cannabis trade was centred in Christiania, an autonomous enclave of the city featuring around two dozen stalls wh ... |
| Cannabis legislation in Europe [15.03.2017] | At a time of increased debate on the laws controlling the use of cannabis in the European Union, this report answers some of the questions most often ... |
| Four of five Danes support legalising medical cannabis [27.02.2017] | More than 80 percent of Danes are in favour of legalising the medical use of cannabis, a new survey has found, increasing the chance that a pilot sch ... |
| Copenhagen to once again push for legal cannabis trial [15.12.2016] | After three spurned attempts to get a trial programme for legal cannabis off the ground, city officials in Copenhagen will try once again. Led by May ... |
| Denmark approves medical cannabis trial [07.11.2016] | The Danish government announced that as of 2018, doctors will be able to prescribe medicinal cannabis to certain patients. The government said that a ... |
| Pusher Street: Christiania’s problem child [07.11.2016] | Christiania’s Pusher Street has been through a rough summer. During June and July police carried out a series of raids, removing booths and arresting ... |
| Police say Christiania cannabis trade decimated [30.10.2016] | Police Director Thorkild Fogde told Politiken newspaper that although hash and marijuana are still being openly sold in Christiania’s Pusher Street, ... |
| Dane faces 10 years for selling cannabis to cancer patients [04.10.2016] | A Danish activist who openly provides cannabis to cancer patients and other Danes with serious medical ailments was arrested and faces up to ten year ... |
| Paradise lost: does Copenhagen’s Christiania commune still have a future? [22.09.2016] | In recent years the cannabis in Christiania trade has evolved. Once led by small-time dealers, it is now controlled by large, multinational organisat ... |
| Cannabis trade moving into other Copenhagen neighbourhoods [06.09.2016] | Since residents of the freetown Christiania took matters into their own hands and ripped down the cannabis stands on Pusher Street, it appears that d ... |
| “Buy your hash somewhere else” [04.09.2016] | Christiania has transformed from an alternative ‘hippie’ commune to a hub for hardened criminals. The Pusher Street was covered with military netting ... |
| Christiania residents shut down Pusher Street [01.09.2016] | After a meeting that stretched across several hours, residents of the largely self-governing commune of Christiania said they would try to shut down ... |
| Danes want legal cannabis, but govt vows crackdown [27.06.2016] | Amidst a new debate on cannabis, spurred by a massive police action at Christiania, a majority of Danes are in favour of legalization. Berlingske new ... |
| Christiania raid spurs new debate on legal cannabis [21.06.2016] | After a massive police raid on the open-air cannabis market Pusher Street, a number of prominent figures in law enforcement have called on Denmark to ... |
| Copenhagen police tear down Christiania cannabis market [17.06.2016] | Copenhagen Police on Friday carried out a large-scale operation in Christiania, clearing the alternative enclave's open-air cannabis market. Using sa ... |
| Violent Christiania police action caught on video [28.04.2016] | Two videos posted online by the Christiania-based documentary group Cadok show large-scale police action targeting the Copenhagen district’s cannabis ... |
| Danish gov snubs call to clear Pusher Street [22.03.2016] | Denmark's governing party has refused calls to crack down on Pusher Street, the open cannabis market that has long operated in Christiania, Copenhage ... |
| Record number of raids on Swedish drug farms [21.07.2015] | Swedes are growing more and more cannabis. Never before have so many illegal drug farms been reported to the police, according to Swedish media. In 2 ... |
| Cannabis policy reform in Europe [27.12.2014] | While in the Americas cannabis policy reform is taking off, Europe seems to be lagging behind. That is to say, in European nations at the level of na ... |
| Reform der Cannabispolitik in Europa [27.12.2014] | Während die Reform der Cannabispolitik in Amerika Fahrt aufnimmt, scheint Europa hinterherzuhinken. Genauer gesagt, die europäischen Staaten auf nati ... |
| Is prohibition worth the cost? [06.11.2014] | In Denmark there is little movement on drug policy. We know that we are just months from the next general election, but no political party has a poli ... |
| Denmark to look at decriminalising drugs [27.07.2014] | The World Health Organization’s (WHO) call for the decriminalisation of drugs will be taken up by Danish politicians in the autumn. In the WHO report ... |
| 'Denmark will definitely legalize weed' [06.07.2014] | Copenhagen city officials have tried three times to legalize cannabis within the city. All three times, the answer from the national government has b ... |
| Why the mayor of Copenhagen wants to get into the marijuana business [02.03.2014] | The city of Copenhagen should be growing its own weed, said its mayor. According to Social Democrat Frank Jensen, the Danish capital can only get a g ... |
| Courage, common sense and cannabis [10.01.2014] | Despite 40 years of prohibition, Danes smoke cannabis. If prohibition continues another 40 years, Danes will still smoke it. So too will residents in ... |
| Let the gangs wither and the state turn a profit [04.11.2013] | As a law enforcement professional, I was waiting impatiently for the government’s recommendations for fighting gang crime. I’ve been especially impat ... |
| Online activists take on police in Christiania [01.08.2013] | In response to the increased police presence in and around Christiania, a number of citizens are fighting back online. Fans of Christiania have long ... |
| Copenhageners cautiously support legal cannabis, but provinces unconvinced [05.05.2013] | Copenhagen's mayor, Frank Jensen, has asked for a three-year trial of legal marijuana in Copenhagen and he has a majority of City Hall on his side. A ... |
| Cannabis supporters take to the streets [19.04.2013] | After a parade through Copenhagen, the deputy mayor for social affairs, Mikkel Warming, spoke to the crowd about the city's efforts to legalise canna ... |
| Legal pot: worth a try [21.03.2013] | In a country that regulates the sale of over-the-counter painkillers, you’d have thought that a reasonable way to decriminalise the sale of cannabis ... |
| The next marijuana legalization fight? Copenhagen vs. the rest of Denmark [19.03.2013] | The city of Copenhagen wants to legalize cannabis and, if possible, get supplies of the drug from the United States. Following a Europe-wide trend, D ... |
| Life after cannabis prohibition: The city announces its ambitions [15.03.2013] | The tide is turning against the criminalisation of cannabis. Copenhagen wants to join the movement with a three-year trial to decriminalise the drug. ... |
| Seattle downplays likelihood of sending pot to Copenhagen [14.03.2013] | A Seattle city official has poured cold water on Co enhagen's idea of importing cannabis from the US. One of the elements of the city's proposal to l ... |
| Copenhagen looking to import cannabis from the US [12.03.2013] | Ahead of a City Council cannabis conference on Friday, Copenhagen officials say they are ready to make another push to legalise the substance. Accord ... |
| Mayors reject legal cannabis proposal [04.03.2013] | In Copenhagen, a majority of City Council dreams of legally selling cannabis from pharmacies throughout the city to residents who are over 18 and hav ... |
| More Danes grow their own cannabis [25.02.2013] | A large number of Danes are growing their own cannabis plants at home, according to a new investigation by drug researcher Helle Dahl, a researcher a ... |
| Christiania task force netting arrests but locals call it harassment [11.02.2013] | Copenhagen Police said that the number of people being charged with possession of cannabis is up 23 percent since the creation of Task Force Pusher S ... |
| Up in smoke: Notorious ‘coffee shop’ closes its doors [15.01.2013] | Smokenhagen, modelled on a Dutch-style 'coffee shop' that permits cannabis smoking, closed down voluntarily after pressure from the housing associati ... |
| Jensen rejects Swedish fear of free cannabis [22.11.2012] | Copenhagen mayor Frank Jensen rejects the Swedish concern about regulation of cannabis in Copenhagen. He emphasizes that the aim of the experiment is ... |
| Sweden urges city not to legalise cannabis [22.11.2012] | In a letter to the mayor, elected officials from 19 local councils in southern Sweden told Jensen they “were against all measures that involve a rela ... |
| Prevalence of daily cannabis use in the European Union and Norway [14.11.2012] | This report brings together, for the first time in Europe, an integrated overview of the prevalence of intensive cannabis use, defined as daily or al ... |
| Experts: Zero-tolerance on ‘cannabis driving’ too severe [04.11.2012] | Experts are questioning the severity of a zero-tolerance policy towards those caught driving with detectable levels of illegal drugs in their bodies, ... |
| Copenhagen mayor Frank Jensen on cannabis experiment [05.10.2012] | While Copenhagen managed to convince the government to let them open a legal injection room to improve the living conditions of drug addicts, they ha ... |
| Mayor and police at odds over cannabis approach [10.09.2012] | While Copenhagen's mayor, Frank Jensen, continues to be a vocal advocate for legalising cannabis in the city, arguing that a "paradigm shift" is in o ... |
| Common sense must be returned in Danish drug policy [30.08.2012] | Politicians in Denmark have closed their eyes and the cannabis market has gone completely out of control. The criminalization of cannabis has not led ... |
| Police to crack down on Pusher Street [20.08.2012] | Starting September 1, the police will be stepping up efforts to cull Pusher Street’s estimated one billion kroner organised cannabis trade through th ... |
| Majority supports legal cannabis [06.08.2012] | A majority of Danes believe that sales of cannabis should be controlled by the state, according to a Gallup poll for metroXpress. According to the po ... |
| Cannabis production and markets in Europe [26.06.2012] | This study brings together available evidence to provide a comprehensive analysis of cannabis production and markets across the EU. It combines infor ... |
| Christiania's resurgent cannabis trade marred by violence and intimidation [06.06.2012] | Almost a decade after extensive police raids in 2004 that were intended to clear out the drug dealers in Christiania, police estimate that the trade ... |
| Bikers harvest a billion in Christiania [04.06.2012] | Despite a police operation in 2004, which levelled Pusher Street in Christiania, and despite continued patrolling operations in the years after that, ... |
| Government opposes Copenhagen City Council on cannabis shops [27.05.2012] | The pilot project to have state-run hash and marijuana dispensaries in Copenhagen received a setback after the Justice Ministry turned down the City ... |
| Legal cannabis rejected by government [14.05.2012] | State-run hash and marijuana dispensaries won't be popping up in Copenhagen any time soon after the Justice Ministry this weekend turned down Copenha ... |
| Opinion | Is it okay if we sell joints? [16.02.2012] | The City Council will soon be sending a letter to the justice minister, Morten Bødskov (Socialdemokraterne). It might be formulated a little more for ... |
| Legalised cannabis? [10.02.2012] | A political majority at Copenhagen Town Hall is pushing for cannabis to be decriminalised. In a joint letter, four out of five local politicians have ... |
| Ex-resident and police say Christiania’s future threatened by violence [07.02.2012] | In response to an opinion piece in Politiken newspaper, in which a former Christiania resident encourages residents of the commune to stand up to the ... |
| Copenhagen wants controlled cannabis shops [09.01.2012] | The Copenhagen City Council is pushing ahead with a proposal to decriminalise cannabis, and has set up a committee to investigate the best way to reg ... |
| A win-win on drugs? Fighting gangs by legalizing pot [01.12.2011] | Copenhagen just got a lot closer to legalizing the sale of pot. If approved by the Danish parliament, next year the city could grant licenses to indi ... |
| Legalise it, part two [24.11.2011] | Legalising pot, we wrote in this space back in July 2009, would have two obvious benefits: generating revenue and dragging a shady business out into ... |
| Could legalising pot clean up the rot? [24.11.2011] | The City Council of Copenhagen has been pushing to legalise the sale of marijuana in the city. The council’s vote which would pave the way to establi ... |
| Copenhagen votes to legalise marijuana [18.11.2011] | Marijuana could soon be legalised in Copenhagen, after the city voted overwhelmingly in favour of a scheme that would see the drug sold through a net ... |
| Jury still out on government’s hash crackdown [18.03.2010] | It was exactly six years ago this week that police conducted their first full-scale raid on Pusher Street, the famed road in the city’s Christiania a ... |
| MP: Approval for city ‘coffee shop’ plan unlikely [15.01.2010] | The Copenhagen City Council’s plan to set up shops selling cannabis as a way to remove the market from the control of gangs is not likely to be embra ... |
| Council may enter drug trade [24.09.2009] | A City Council majority is backing a plan to legalise the sale of cannabis, which could see two thirds of the market taken away from criminal gangs. ... |
| City trying to ‘hash out’ pot issue [07.07.2009] | A new Social Affairs Committee report on cannabis has recommended that the City Council seriously consider decriminalisation of the substance’s as be ... |
| Police crackdown on Christiania in Copenhagen [14.01.2009] | A recent change in Danish cannabis control policy has had significant implications for the structure of the retail-level cannabis market in Copenhage ... |
| Danish cannabis policy in practice [01.01.2007] | Danish drug policy has been reversed from liberal to more repressive, especially in 2003, when the Danish liberal-conservative government that had be ... |
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