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Dutch coffee shop guru Nol Van Schaik, profiled in Cannabis Culture #29
this month, is taking advantage of changes in Europe's marijuana laws.
In an exclusive report several days ago, Cannabis Culture first revealed to
the world that Belgium had decided to liberalize its marijuana policies.
Although the country's policies are still being finalized, early reports
indicate that Belgium citizens will be able to possess and grow marijuana
for personal use.
Van Schaik, who owns three pot coffee shops in the Dutch town of Haarlem,
and is also running an online "CannaQuiz" that will award the lucky winner
with an all-expenses paid trip to Holland, has gotten out in front of the
new law by creating a "Cannabis Without Frontiers" website that offers to
deliver marijuana, hashish, and grow equipment to the newly-liberated
Belgiumers.
"I have friends running coffee shops on the border and I felt sorry for
them," Van Schaik said, "because they were having riots of customers coming
over from Belgium to buy weed and hash. The lines outside their shops were
a mile long. I also realized that a lot of these Belgium people were
driving cars to Holland to buy their cannabis, and then driving back very
stoned. All these car trips cause pollution and jam-ups, and maybe some of
the travelers will get really stoned and not drive so well. So I decided to
do my civic duty to promote the European Union's quality of life, traffic
safety and environment."
Van Schaik's selfless efforts consist of selling several varieties of
marijuana and hashish, including a newly-arrived batch of African marijuana
and Moroccan hash, to people in Belgium via home delivery.
"We're also designing and building grow boxes that will hold up to five
plants, complete with a 400 watt HPS bulb, grow supplies, gardening
instructions, and seeds from the famous Positronics seed catalog. We call
this our starter kit. Even if they've never grown before, they'll be
sprouting some beautiful Positronics seeds within days, and within months,
they'll be harvesting the best home-grown they've ever had," Van Schaik said.
Belgian officials have already talked about Van Schaik's weedy website in
newspaper and television interviews. When I recently interviewed Dutch and
Belgian officials about Europe's rapidly-changing marijuana laws, they
indicated that exporting marijuana would still be considered a crime. Van
Schaik says he isn't worried.
"I've always been the Willie Wortel who believes that we make the law by
breaking the law," Van Schaik said. "The Belgium government says it will
allow people to get weed in Holland, and to have it, and to grow it
themselves. I'm just offering a service to make things easier for everyone.
If the governments don't let me send weed to Belgium, I guarantee you that
a lot of unlicensed people will be happy to do it anyway. Sure, I expect
the Dutch government and the Belgians to call me any time. Maybe they will
be happy, maybe they will be sad. But I am performing a civic service by
offering cannabis to Belgium, and I think the officials will see it my way."
Newshawk: Cannabis News - marijuana, hemp, and cannabis news
Pubdate: Thu, 25 Jan 2001
Source: Cannabis Culture
Copyright: 2001, Cannabis Culture, redistributed by MAP by permission
Contact: ccmag@cannabisculture.com
Address: Box 15 - 199 West Hastings, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6B 1H4
Fax: (604) 669-9038
Website: Cannabis Culture | Marijuana Magazine
Author: Pete Brady
this month, is taking advantage of changes in Europe's marijuana laws.
In an exclusive report several days ago, Cannabis Culture first revealed to
the world that Belgium had decided to liberalize its marijuana policies.
Although the country's policies are still being finalized, early reports
indicate that Belgium citizens will be able to possess and grow marijuana
for personal use.
Van Schaik, who owns three pot coffee shops in the Dutch town of Haarlem,
and is also running an online "CannaQuiz" that will award the lucky winner
with an all-expenses paid trip to Holland, has gotten out in front of the
new law by creating a "Cannabis Without Frontiers" website that offers to
deliver marijuana, hashish, and grow equipment to the newly-liberated
Belgiumers.
"I have friends running coffee shops on the border and I felt sorry for
them," Van Schaik said, "because they were having riots of customers coming
over from Belgium to buy weed and hash. The lines outside their shops were
a mile long. I also realized that a lot of these Belgium people were
driving cars to Holland to buy their cannabis, and then driving back very
stoned. All these car trips cause pollution and jam-ups, and maybe some of
the travelers will get really stoned and not drive so well. So I decided to
do my civic duty to promote the European Union's quality of life, traffic
safety and environment."
Van Schaik's selfless efforts consist of selling several varieties of
marijuana and hashish, including a newly-arrived batch of African marijuana
and Moroccan hash, to people in Belgium via home delivery.
"We're also designing and building grow boxes that will hold up to five
plants, complete with a 400 watt HPS bulb, grow supplies, gardening
instructions, and seeds from the famous Positronics seed catalog. We call
this our starter kit. Even if they've never grown before, they'll be
sprouting some beautiful Positronics seeds within days, and within months,
they'll be harvesting the best home-grown they've ever had," Van Schaik said.
Belgian officials have already talked about Van Schaik's weedy website in
newspaper and television interviews. When I recently interviewed Dutch and
Belgian officials about Europe's rapidly-changing marijuana laws, they
indicated that exporting marijuana would still be considered a crime. Van
Schaik says he isn't worried.
"I've always been the Willie Wortel who believes that we make the law by
breaking the law," Van Schaik said. "The Belgium government says it will
allow people to get weed in Holland, and to have it, and to grow it
themselves. I'm just offering a service to make things easier for everyone.
If the governments don't let me send weed to Belgium, I guarantee you that
a lot of unlicensed people will be happy to do it anyway. Sure, I expect
the Dutch government and the Belgians to call me any time. Maybe they will
be happy, maybe they will be sad. But I am performing a civic service by
offering cannabis to Belgium, and I think the officials will see it my way."
Newshawk: Cannabis News - marijuana, hemp, and cannabis news
Pubdate: Thu, 25 Jan 2001
Source: Cannabis Culture
Copyright: 2001, Cannabis Culture, redistributed by MAP by permission
Contact: ccmag@cannabisculture.com
Address: Box 15 - 199 West Hastings, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6B 1H4
Fax: (604) 669-9038
Website: Cannabis Culture | Marijuana Magazine
Author: Pete Brady
