Dutch "coffee shops" to stock licensed cannabis in trial


Mayor of Breda, Paul Depla reacts during an interview with Reuters in Breda, Netherlands March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

BREDA (Reuters) - The Netherlands will trial licensing cannabis growers for its famous "coffee shops" where smoking the drug is authorised, tackling a contradiction whereby selling is legal but supplying isn't, which has fed an illegal market dominated by criminal organisations.

Local mayors hope legalizing cannabis production will close this black market.

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