It is also deeply tied with criminals organizations providing them a healthy revenue stream.

Look to the commercialization in US states like Colorado as a better (but not perfect) model.

> Look to the commercialization in US states like Colorado as a better (but not perfect) model. reply

Sounds crazy, but one of the best models in the United States right now is actually the state of Oklahoma's.

It's fairly straight forward, easy to apply, and barrier to entry is low. Fees are low. Not a lot of red tape. It's working well.

Is there somewhere I can read more the criminal organizations being apart of the legal cannabis scene in Holland?

I don't have a source, but as a Dutch person: there is no legal way to actually grow cannabis in this country, nor to sell it to stores ("coffeeshops") that sell it to consumers. Thus all cannabis sold necessarily[0] comes from illegal growth operations, which is the kind of thing that's very lucrative for organized crime.

[0] if you want to be pedantic about it, owning up to 5 cannabis plants is decriminalized, but nobody is under the illusion that such personal use scale agriculture is fueling the commercial trade

The coffeeshops are allowed to sell small quantities for personal use. But growing marijuana in large quantities and supplying those stores is still considered illegal and punishable with fines / jail time.