Arjan From Greenhouse Seed Co Arrested At The Cannabis Cup 2010?!

[MI Compassion]

[Grow Thread]

wow, thats odd, i just surfed all over the www.growhd.tv site and didnt see anything at all about it??

 

if anyone finds related stories please post. i googled as well and found nothing??

 

i sincerely hope/pray this is not another marc emory case coming

[Sledge]

Same here and also searched the Amsterdam news and still nothing

[Grow Thread]

yeah regardless of your opinions of greenhouse seeds and their "more award winning that any other breeder" status........ arjan is a true pioneer and king of cannabis breeding.

[Klhoeon]

darn. I have been to the Greenhouse. What the hell is happening in my native land?

I am going back to EU within the year and for good I am afraid.

Too many lying liars in power, especially in this state.

[Sledge]

well here's a new twist for future visitors to Amsterdam,

 

Amsterdam protests against admission pass for coffeeshops, that excludes tourists.

published: Saturday, November 20 2010, 12:08PM

 

Amsterdam has protested against the introduction of the new 'Weed Pass', an idea of the recently elected new government.

The new government plans to introduce the Weed Pass for coffeeshops (where marihuana is sold). Coffeeshops are to become exclusive clubs, for which a membership is required. Without the Pass you can no longer buy marihuana in the coffeeshops.

 

Only residents of the Netherlands can apply for a Weed Pass.

 

This means tourists will no longer be able to buy cannabis in Amsterdam (or elsewhere in Holland).

 

Of the 4.5 million visitors that Amsterdam attracts each year, a million say that they visit a coffeeshop to buy cannabis. The phenomenon of the coffeeshops is definitely one of the important tourist attractions in Amsterdam.

Coffeeshops in the centre of Amsterdam make most of their money from tourists, and it is predicted that many coffeshops will have to close.

 

Experts also predict the cannabis trade will move to the streets again, just like before the introduction of the coffeeshops.

Nuisance and crime related to cannabis trade was the very reason of the introduction of the coffeeshop, back in the 1970's.

 

The Mayor of Amsterdam, Mr Eberhard van der Laan, has protested with the government in The Hague about the measure (that is yet to be implemented). The Mayor says the Weed Pass is a good solution for towns that are on the border with Belgium and Germany, as coffeeshops there attract a lot of visitors from the neighbouring countries.

However, Amsterdam should be exempted from the new Pass, according to Van der Laan, as in Amsterdam it will create problems, rather than solve them.

 

Politicians in the Amsterdam Council, from left to right, have also protested against the pass.

Apart from new crime in the streets, they fear a disastrous effect on tourism to Amsterdam.

 

The Minister of Justice (of the VVD, the Dutch Conservative Party) has already said that no exception will be made for Amsterdam.

[MI Compassion]

Only thing I've found so far...

 

http://growhd.tv/video/ARJAN-gets-Arrested-at-the-Green-House-Coffeeshop-during-High-Times-Cannabis-Cup-2010/932261b4d5a32e0aa951cfa564e4bced

[+RevThad]

Kind of hard to put a finger on this one, neither of the sites listed on the bottom caption have any of this as news, and no footage.

 

Been looking around High Times, in their news area, and there is nada.

 

Growhd has the video up now, but no story to go with it.... Nothing on any of the other newswire sites, yet...

 

Gonna be a wait and see kind of thing on this one.

[MI Compassion]

Someone posted this on the GHS facebook page:

 

Noëmi Koerse Someone who was wearing a strainhunters jacket did something illegal at central station. So they thought Arjan had something to do with it! Bulshit offcourse!

about an hour ago

 

No idea if this is true or not, but figured I'd post it.

[MichiganMan]

I like Greenhouse seeds, got the Critical Jack going now...def a keeper. Hope it all goes well for him, and sucks about Amsterdam, always wanted to go there....

[MI Compassion]

The only thing I've been able to find on the incident claims that it was a case of mistaken identity and he was released shortly after his arrest. Hopefully that's the truth.

[rockinlespaul]

Can you say publicity stunt?

[Grow Thread]

Don't worry. Daddy would get him out if that was the case.

 

:goodjob: :rolleyes: :goodjob:

 

so so true. what they make??? 20-30 mil/year??

[tiredoldman]

Went to The Dam last year, was there in 1971 right after they started shops, sure hope they don't screw it up, want to go back again.

[medicalman420]

It would at least be a good idea to make sure people with their medical cards from the usa should still be allowed in...makes sense to me..

[solabeirtan]

The thing that is really odd: Greeces' money troubles could be easily tied to the lack of tourism, Ireland also. Im sure this is at the top of their list of financial woes! Guaranteed. They have been begging for tourists, though lacking the coffee shops, like everywhere else its still available just not as easily. They just aren't getting any tourists anywhere, because of the economy, which has been destroyed by the previous administration and their cronies.

 

Then instead of creating some type of jobs or industrie or programs, they save the banks and the Citizens get the Austerity Program. Same crap they served up over hear, though being a "true democracy" we were not even allowed a Vote or any input whatsoever. The reality being that every piece of Real Estate property across the board dropped in half. The Bankers got the proceeds and are back to record bonuses but the Homeless Population grows daily as well as unemployment or no employment rolls.

 

As BH is saying we're standing shoulder to shoulder with the S.Koreans, Lets stand with all of the rest of the workers of the World once and forall, Brothers and Sisters we are all in this together, have no doubt. Though our Unions have been crushed I know that American Spirit lives on, I read about it every once in a while. Like the recent Medal of Honor guy, thats a True Patriot and Hero for ya!

[mizerman]

The thing that is really odd: Greeces' money troubles could be easily tied to the lack of tourism, Ireland also. Im sure this is at the top of their list of financial woes! Guaranteed. They have been begging for tourists, though lacking the coffee shops, like everywhere else its still available just not as easily. They just aren't getting any tourists anywhere, because of the economy, which has been destroyed by the previous administration and their cronies.

 

Then instead of creating some type of jobs or industrie or programs, they save the banks and the Citizens get the Austerity Program. Same crap they served up over hear, though being a "true democracy" we were not even allowed a Vote or any input whatsoever. The reality being that every piece of Real Estate property across the board dropped in half. The Bankers got the proceeds and are back to record bonuses but the Homeless Population grows daily as well as unemployment or no employment rolls.

 

As BH is saying we're standing shoulder to shoulder with the S.Koreans, Lets stand with all of the rest of the workers of the World once and forall, Brothers and Sisters we are all in this together, have no doubt. Though our Unions have been crushed I know that American Spirit lives on, I read about it every once in a while. Like the recent Medal of Honor guy, thats a True Patriot and Hero for ya!

Well said.

 

BH is a corporate lackey and he has done asbolutely nothing for the common man since becoming president.

 

I was happy to see he got his lip busted in that pick-up game of basketball...

 

 

 

Mizerman