Editorial: Legalisation of cannabis in some american states a challenge for the european union and its member states?

European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 207-217

  Fijnaut, Cyrille ^a,b,c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84905369523     PISSN: 09289569     EISSN: 15718174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15718174-22032047     Document Type: Review

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1. This editorial is partly based on the manuscript of a book he prepares with Prof. Dr. Brice de Ruyver from Ghent University on the future of the cannabis policy (and coffeeshop policy) in the Low Countries from an international perspective.
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