The Netherlands70 Videos

CBD, game-changer in the hemp industry, blocked by politics?

he full potential of hemp is endless. No other plant in the world can feed you, then clothe you and you can build your house with. And if you’re sick, it might help you. Hemp will alter products in your home, from food to building materials to paper. The main boost to the hemp industry […]

Foul play: The criminalization of Dutch coffeeshop owners

Cannabis News Network presents you with a follow-up on the dramatic case of Johan van Laarhoven. This former Dutch coffeeshop entrepreneur and his wife are still being imprisoned in Thailand under horrific conditions.

Why aren’t we building more with hemp? – Part 1

The United Nations recently discussed the environmental and climate change issues our world is dealing with today. There are a lot of possibilities to save the environment, including the increased use of hemp. A lot of people – including the famous Jack Herer – have even said that hemp can save the world. There are […]

Dutch Approve Regulated Coffeeshop Supply Chain Trials

oday the Dutch government voted in favor of starting trials with a regulated supply chain for the coffeeshops. It is an unprecedented move, as never before has the supply chain been regulated. Until these trials, all coffeeshops were dealing with the black market for their supplies. Regulated coffeeshop supply chain trials With these trials, 10 (to […]

Captain Hooter (Amsterdam’s Coffeeshops Test) | Cannabis University 2018

EN: This American cannabis connoisseur and juror at countless cannabis cups has traveled and smoked for forty years all over the world and has lived in the Netherlands for two years. Because he often got the question what the best coffeeshop in Amsterdam is, he decided to visit and test all 165 of them. The […]

Masterclass Hidde Siers (Plantarium) | Cannabis University 2018

EN: Hidde Siers has been working at Growshop Plantarium in Nijmegen since 2009. When he discovered how much demand there was for scientific information about the medicinal effects of cannabis, he went deeper and deeper into this and grew from enthusiast to expert. Since April, Hidde has been touring the Netherlands with his lecture ‘Medical […]

Interview Peter Muyshondt | Cannabis University 2018

EN: Peter is deputy chief of police and Director of Operations at the Belgian police in Brecht. For years he fought in the front line of the war on drugs and believed he was serving society doing so. Meanwhile, his brother Tom was struggling with an addiction to hard drugs. In 2006 he died of […]

Debat: Cannabis reguleren, maar hoe? | Cannabis University 2018

Het advies van de commissie Knottrenus lijkt aan te sluiten op de praktijk. Met:John en Inez Meijers (modelkwekers), Bart Vollenberg (Cannabis Connect), August de Loor (Adviesburo Drugs), Peter Hendriks (Avites). Peter Hendriks EN: In relative silence, Peter Hendriks has been building a small coffeeshop empire in Limburg since the 1980s. His four coffeeshops in Sittard […]

Interview: Henk de Vries and Ben Dronkers | Cannabis University 2018

Q & A / live interview Henk de Vries (Founder The Bull Dog Amsterdam) and Ben Dronkers (Founder Sensi Seeds) by Derrick Bergman (Cannabis Liberation Day Coordinator and VOC Nederland chairman). Henk de Vries EN: As founder of The Bulldog, Henk de Vries is not only a living legend but also the owner of the […]