Coffeeshops in Nederland 2002, aantallen, gemeentelijk beleid en handhaving AHOJ-G criteria (projectnummer 02.091)

This is the fourth survey in monitoring the number of coffee shops and local drug policies in which civil servants of all Dutch municipalities are interviewed. This research provides insight into the number of officially tolerated coffee shops in the Netherlands. Attention is also paid to changes in the soft drug policies as pursued by Dutch municipalities. New this year is a pilot-study about the enforcement of the so-called AHOJ-G criteria in 25 municipalities. For this extra study, interviews were held with civil servants, police enforcers and employees of the Public Prosecutor.