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Cannabis is illegal in the Netherlands. Only the sale of small amounts of cannabis is tolerated in licensed coffeeshops. The problem with this system is that co

Cannabis is illegal in the Netherlands. Only the sale of small amounts of cannabis is tolerated in licensed coffeeshops. The problem with this system is that coffeeshops need to buy what they sell illegally on the black market.

Fifer82 9y ago
Where do they go to get it? Amsterdam is my favorite yearly visit to enjoy some chilled coffee shops and eat BLT but I guessed it was grown in the Netherlands by "turning a blind eye". Growing so much at such a high quality, I can't imagine folk are importing it. I hope to live in Amsterdam some day after I win the lottery :D
- chimeracoder 9y ago
  > Growing so much at such a high quality, I can't imagine folk are importing it. No, the Netherlands grows its marijuana domestically (and exports about half of what is grown domestically). But to be honest, it's not a huge amount. The Netherlands grows about 270,000 kg of marijuana annually. To put that into perspective, about 17,600,000 pounds are grown each year in just five US states (Washington, California, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Hawaii).
  - samstave 9y ago
    Where did you get that 17MM number?