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Encod Participates In Civil Society Meeting On Municipal Drug Policies In Member States At European Parliament

Brussels – 20 June 2017
An expert panel was held in the European Parliament organized by Michał Boni MEP, Maltese Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the Polish Drug Policy Network on “Public safety and public health – municipal drug policies in the Member States”. Representatives of groups working “in the trenches” were invited to listen to panels and share their thoughts and questions.

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Encod participa en la reunión de la sociedad civil sobre las políticas farmacéuticas municipales en los Estados miembros en el Parlamento Europeo

Bruselas – 20 de junio de 2017
Un panel de expertos celebró en el Parlamento Europeo, organizado por Michał Boni, diputada del Parlamento Europeo, la presidenta maltesa del Consejo de la Unión Europea y la Red Polaca de Política de Drogas sobre “Seguridad pública y salud pública – políticas municipales de drogas en los Estados miembros”. Los representantes de los grupos que trabajaban “en las trincheras” fueron invitados a escuchar los paneles y compartir sus pensamientos y preguntas.

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Cannabis Liberation Day 2017

June 12 – Thousands of people approached the ninth edition of the Cannabis Liberation Day in Flevopark, Amsterdam, on 11th of June 2017, a beautiful green space to be lost amidst the aroma of cannabis.

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VOC Nederland (Union for the Abolition of the Cannabis Prohibition, Dutch NGO), the organizer of the event, continues to spread the cannabis culture, for which a wide range of stands have been made available to users, commercial cannabis seeds and vaporizers, to risk prevention organizations or CSCs from different parts of Europe.

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On the stage, a banner of ENCOD with the motto “Freedom to Farm” presided the stage throughout the day and accompanied musicians, speakers and the winner ceremony of Highlife Cup. The day was enlivened with bands and dj’s as Barry Par, Dj Skunkstar, The Dubbeez, etc.

For the first time at Cannabis Liberation Day, the Cannabis University was an interesting space for conferences – where different opinions on cannabis converged, in an orderly and peaceful manner, which showed the different proposals and approach from the various European nations.

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One of the main protagonists in this edition was the absent Joep Oomen, present in a photograph throughout the event near the stage, which was made several reminders, a tribute to his memory, seeds were given in his honour and several speakers reminded him with some words, including Derrick Bergman and Martín Barriuso.

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