Dutch "coffee shops" to stock licensed cannabis in trial

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The Netherlands will trial licensing cannabis growers for its famous "coffee shops" where smoking the drug is authorised, tackling a contradiction whereby selling is legal but supplying isn't, which has fed an illegal market dominated by criminal organisations. Local mayors hope legalizing cannabis production will close this black market. The trial will first take place Tilburg and Breda, two neighbouring cities in the south of The Netherlands, and then in other Dutch cities as well.