Amsterdam was already regarded as a centre of the illegal narcotics trade. The section consisted of only two detectives until 1966. After Parliament made possession and use of cannabis illegal in 1953, police raids and eight-month prison sentences for minimal amounts, as little as one marijuana cigarette, became the norm.[1]
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References
- Cannabis, Counterculture, and Criminals: The Rise of Smuggling in the Netherlands, ca. 1962–1976Stephen Snelders · In Cannabis: Global Histories, edited by Lucas Richert, James H. Mills · MIT Press · 2021 · pp. 249 · ISBN 9780262366137
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