{"id":3305,"date":"2017-12-17T10:06:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T10:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/laws-and-regulations\/netherlands"},"modified":"2024-08-20T13:51:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T13:51:09","slug":"netherlands","status":"publish","type":"law","link":"https:\/\/weedmaps.com\/learn\/laws-and-regulations\/netherlands","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wm-article-table-of-contents-header\" id=\"is-weed-legal-in-the-netherlands\">\n\tIs weed legal in the Netherlands?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not exactly. Marijuana in the Netherlands <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is illegal for adult-use unless it is purchased and consumed in a coffee shop (social consumption lounge). Medical cannabis is available only in Dutch pharmacies. Although <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dutch marijuana<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> concentrates can be found to purchase, they are considered hard drugs and are illegal according to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Netherlands weed laws and Amsterdam weed laws.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wm-article-table-of-contents-header\" id=\"required-testing\">\n\tRequired testing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Cannabis products must be tested for <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cannabinoids, heavy metals, pesticides, terpenes and microbiological.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wm-article-table-of-contents-header\" id=\"qualifying-conditions-and-patient-rights\">\n\tQualifying conditions and patient rights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pain and muscle spasms or cramps associated with multiple sclerosis or spinal cord damage<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nausea, loss of appetite, weight loss and debilitation due to cancer or AIDS<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy or radiotherapy used in the treatment of cancer, hepatitis C or HIV infection and AIDS<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chronic pain (mainly pain associated with the nervous system, for example that caused by a damaged nerve, phantom pain, facial neuralgia or chronic pain which remains after the recovery from shingles)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gilles de la Tourette syndrome<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Therapy-resistant glaucoma<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, epilepsy, itching, migraine, rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, ADD and brain trauma<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not exactly. Marijuana in the Netherlands is illegal for adult-use unless it is purchased and consumed in a coffee shop (social consumption lounge). Medical cannabis is available only in Dutch pharmacies. Although Dutch marijuana concentrates can be found to purchase, they are considered hard drugs...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":3932,"template":"","regions":[186],"class_list":["post-3305","law","type-law","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-others"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.9 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is Weed Legal in the Netherlands? 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