Articles tagged with "Netherlands"

Millions of tourists visit Dutch coffeeshops every year, but most have no clue about the complicated and paradoxical legal status of the plant.

California’s adult-use campaign is heating up, Maryland makes progress after long delays, and Dutch authorities can’t keep up with illegal grows.

In the post-High Times Cup era, two new cannabis competitions have emerged: the Elite Cup, in Amsterdam, and the Homegrown Cup, held in the southern city of Eindhoven.

Despite multiple raids a day by an extremely active anti-cannabis police task force, authorities can barely make a dent in illegal production.

European politicians are mulling plans to expand medical cannabis options, but until the talk becomes reality it’s still slim pickings for Europeans in need.

Medical use is up for discussion in Germany, while Italian officials will mull both medical and adult-use consumption.

Arizona advocates are fighting to keep a legalization measure on the ballot, Hawaii dispensaries are in a holding pattern, and Uruguay just crowned its cannabis champions.

Forty years of cannabis policy in the Netherlands has led to an almost unworkable situation for coffeeshops. In Utrecht, it’s getting better.

The advice is well-intentioned without being snooty, reminiscent of your best bud who helped ease you into the cannabis scene.

When it comes to selling cannabis to foreigners, the pendulum of public acceptance in the Netherlands keeps on swinging.