drug use

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Ecstasy pills
Crime
Netherlands residents spend nearly €1 billion per year on drugs
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A woman makes a line of the designer drug, 3-Methylmethcathinone, better known as 3-MMC, on a mirror. October 2021
HealthCrime
Designer drug 3-MMC overdoses nearly doubled last year, despite ban
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A small bag with several grams of the designer drug, 3-Methylmethcathinone, better known as 3-MMC, alongside a euro note used to snort a line off a mirror. October 2021
HealthCrime
More "at risk" young people using designer drug 3-MMC despite 2021 ban
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Crime scene tape with a police car in the background
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Video: driver without license flees police, crashes on bicycle path
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Ecstasy pills
HealthEntertainment
Utrecht dance festival accused of promoting drug use in social media post
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English police officers monitoring the nightlife in Newcastle, England
Crime
Dutch soldiers arrested on cocaine charges in Newcastle
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Jail bars
Crime
Synthetic cannabis widely used in Dutch prisons
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Amsterdam Red Light District
PoliticsBusiness
Amsterdam looks to ban some stag parties, pub crawls and cannabis use to limit tourism
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Ecstasy pills
Health
Health services flooded with requests to test drugs
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Outdoor music festival
HealthCultureEntertainment
Take care when experimenting with sex & drugs as festivals restart, experts warn young people
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Ecstasy pills
Health
Less party drugs, more weed used in first Covid lockdown
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Alcohol aisle in a supermarket
Health
Four in ten students using more drugs and drinking more
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Ecstasy pills
Health
Ecstasy use down during pandemic; Psychedelics draw more interest
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Teenagers using their smartphones on a bench in Amsterdam
Health
No further decrease in alcohol, drug use among school kids; Laughing gas use on the rise
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Thijs H. suspected in three fatal stabbings in The Hague and Heerlen
Crime
Dog-walking murders: Suspect thought TV spoke to him; Psychos in control of world
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People standing in line outside a coffeeshop set to close for coronavirus regulations
Science
Sewer water shows Amsterdam drug use fell during coronavirus lockdown
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1,297 kilos of heroin seized at the port of Felixstowe, UK, en route to Rotterdam. 30 August 2019
CrimeHealth
Methadone increasingly popular as heroin becomes less available due to coronavirus
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Rolling a joint
CrimeHealth
Cannabis, cocaine use in NL on the rise; fewer drug related deaths