Court: Dutch cannabis bars not allowed to exclude foreigners
April 1, 2008 Leave a Comment
A district court in Maastricht yesterday overturned a municipal decree stating that cannabis bars must refuse foreigners as clients. French, Belgians and Germans must now be allowed in, NRC Handelsblad newspaper reported. According to the administrative judge, the sale of cannabis is legal in practice within the Dutch law, as long as it takes place [...]
Pain in the Netherlands
April 1, 2008 Leave a Comment
Do the Dutch like pain? In the Netherlands, notably few women receive an epidural anaesthetic during labour. Doctors are currently debating whether the use of pain relief during childbirth should be widened, but many people reject the idea. Is it the Dutch ‘Calvinist national character’ that produces so much resistance to the idea of pain [...]
