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Since 1976, authorities across the Netherlands have chosen to openly ignore that cannabis use is illegal here, and they prosecute no one in possession of less than five grams of marijuana for personal use. It’s why hundreds of “coffee shops” sprung up across Amsterdam and the Netherlands. But that’s no longer the case.
Colorado's grand cannabis experiment has captured the imagination of America. Denver has surpassed Amsterdam as the capital of the marijuana world. The city has more than 300 stores, called dispensaries, outnumbering pharmacies, liquor stores, public schools and even Starbucks.
It’s official: What should have been a death knell for this year’s Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam has only made us stronger. Cup attendees, even after all they have been through, remained in good spirits and eager to learn all the insider secrets (grow and otherwise) that were unveiled during the day.
The Netherlands, specifically the capitol Amsterdam, have long been known for their liberal policies and laxed regulation of cannabis use, however things may soon change.
Yesterday, the Amsterdam District Court sided with Mayor Eberhard van der Laan to ban marijuana cafes in its famous Red Light district. The plan calls for
America’s mammoth party weekend may well be Denver’s 420 rally, but Colorado’s legal pot law, so far, has not lured a sustained surge of marijuana tourism.
Found at the Roor Shop Amsterdam, it's a skeleton backpack.
23 mayors from across the Netherlands want to regulate cannabis production, rather than allowing the supply to continue to come from illegal sources.
Weedists can be many different kinds of people, and many times it’s the cannabis that finds them. Singer/songwriter Eric Hutchinson is one who wasn't...
A United Kingdom medical cannabis patient recently brought 18 tubs, containing 5 grams of cannabis each, home from a trip to Amsterdam. Openly declaring
Arjan and his lead cultivator travel to Colombia to re-locate three famed sativa strains of cannabis cultivated in this region of South America.
M.C. Escher's images bent reality in so many different ways they became known as great artwork to look at while you were high, back in the Sixties.
CO and WA are already on their paths to legalization. The next wave of states can learn, not just from Denver and Olympia, but from the Dutch pioneers too.
I’ll start off by saying that the time I spent in Amsterdam was chock full of amazing things because it is such a great city for so many different reasons.
Danny Danko @ High Times goes back to 1960s Santa Cruz to discuss the origins of the popular Haze strain and covers its history throughout the decades.
The availability of cannabis retail outlets in the Netherlands is not associated with the greater incidences of pot use or an increase in the intensity...
Recreational marijuana use has long been the subject of heated debate, and laws regulating cannabis consumption vary greatly from country to country.
Dutch Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten told parliament that the government intends to classify marijuana with a THC content of 15% or more as a Class A drug.
