Support. Don’t Punish – Amsterdam

Lead organisation: Legalize! Foundation (Stichting Legalize!) and Drugs Tour Amsterdam

Supporting organisations: Transnational Institute (TNI), Poppi Drug Museum initiative by Mainline, Amsterdam Psychedelic Research Association (APRA), Psychedelic Society of the Netherlands (PSN), Amsterdam Society of Medical Social Scientists (ASMSS), Stichting Changing Perspective, Netherlands Drug Policy Foundation, Fairtrade Coke, The Cannabis College, and the Cannabis Museum Amsterdam

In the afternoon, we had a demonstration and a press campaign on the term ‘Yogasniffers’ which was covered by local and international media.

In the evening we had reserved The Roode Bioscoop at Haarlemmerplein to dive into one controversial drugs problem in an interdisciplinary way: coca and its derivatives cocaine and crack.

There were expert interventions and a panel discussion with experts such as Pien Metaal (Transnational Institute, NL), professor of addiction and psychiatry Wim van den Brink (Mainline) and Steve Rolles (Transform, UK). Dutch drug journalist Thijs Roes moderated the discussion event which was recorded and viewable on Youtube via the link below.

Media coverage

• YouTube: Global Day of Action Amsterdam 2019 – roadmap to better coca(ine) policy
• Marijuana Moment: Why Legalization Activists Are Pretending To Snort Massive Lines of Fake Cocaine
• AT 5: Yogasnuivers demonstreren op de Dam: ‘Adem uit, snuif in’
• Vice NL: Een groep yogasnuivers protesteerde gisteren op de Dam door te snuiven

Contact: Aleksi Hupli, [email protected], +31639847128