Dutch Lawmakers Take Step Toward Regulating Marijuana Production
- Rutte’s Liberals opposed as coalition partner Labor backs plan
- Move comes three weeks before Dutch parliamentary election
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The Netherlands moved a step closer toward regulating the production of marijuana after a majority in the lower house of parliament signaled its support for a draft law.
With just three weeks to go until general elections, 77 of the 150 lower-chamber lawmakers supported a bill put forward by the Democrats ‘66 party to introduce government regulation of cannabis cultivation. Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s Liberals did not support the legislation in The Hague Tuesday, though Labor, their coalition partner, backed the measure, which will now go to the Dutch upper house.