Tom Blickman
Tom Blickman
Researcher, Drugs and Democracy Programme
Tom Blickman (1957) is an independant researcher and journalist, based in Amsterdam. Before coming to TNI he was active in the squatters and solidarity movements in Amsterdam. He worked for Bureau Jansen & Janssen, a research institute on intelligence and police matters. Now he specialises in International Drug Control Policy and Organised Crime as a researcher at TNI's Drugs & Democracy Programme.
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International Drug Control Policy, Transnational Organised Crime, Global Enforcement RegimesContact
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Recent content by Tom Blickman
Deficiencies in financial oversight enable money laundering
June 2013
After nearly 25 year of failed efforts, experts still ponder how to implement an anti-money laundering regime that works.
Objections to Bolivia's reservation to allow coca chewing in the UN conventions
January 2013
Sweden joined the United States and the United Kingdom in objecting to the re-accession of Bolivia to the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. Italy and Canada also objected, but the objection of Sweden is particularly disturbing.
Cannabis pass, si cambia?
November 2012
Nell’accordo, è abolito il cannabis pass, necessario per entrare nei coffeeshops.
The Dutch election result and the coffeeshops
October 2012
The Dutch elections were hailed as decisive for the future of the coffeeshops. The result however is inconclusive given that a coalition government has to be formed.
Government opposes Copenhagen City Council on cannabis shops
May 2012
Government will not permit the experiment to have state-run hash and marijuana dispensaries in Copenhagen. As they believe that regulating hash and marijuana would likely increase both availability and use, which was unwise given the range of side effects that cannabis has been linked to.
Hollande will not go Dutch on cannabis
May 2012
The new president of France, François Hollande, is not likely to change cannabis policies. His choice as Minister of the Interior, Manuel Valls, is a declared opponent to any reform on cannabis.
Cannabis social club activists in Spain liberated
November 2011
Cultivation and consumption of cannabis is decriminalised to an extent but lack of guidelines causes rogue social clubs to undermine the success of self-regulated social clubs. The result; an unwarranted arrest of three Pannagh activists.
Immediate release for Martin Barriuso and his two fellow activists
November 2011
The arrest of Barriuso and two fellow activists of Pannagh is uncalled for. They should be released immediately.
The urgent next steps in ATS and Harm reduction
November 2011
Now is the time to implement low cost and simple harm reduction measures for amphetamine-type stimulant users.
In memoriam: Adrian Cowell
October 2011
Adrian Cowell, a groundbreaking documentary film maker and good friend, died early October in London.
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