Marijuana legalisation has not removed crime: Dutch police lecturer

Canada’s decision to legalise cannabis has not resulted in removing organised crime from the chain, a Dutch police academic warned

Police Academy lecturer Pieter Tops, who visited Canada as part of a police delegation last month, told Dutch current affairs show Nieuwsuur that it remains easy for criminals to get hold of legally grown marijuana.

The most important conclusion we can draw is that it is a mistake to think you can reduce the illegal cannabis world by legalisation,’ Tops said. The Canadian system, he said, has several weak points although it looks good on paper.

The illegal cannabis world has enormous power, Tops said. ‘You can have as much cannabis at home as you want, and that has all sorts of options for the illegal trade,’ he said. ‘And the legal shops are having a tough time because illegal cannabis is a third cheaper. That makes it hard to compete.’

Via DutchNews.nl