Though technically illegal in the Netherlands, those soft drugs are decriminalized and Dutch authorities don't prosecute people who sell or use small amounts.Īn added attraction to this year's festivities was Tuesday's bus tour to the Cannabis Castle. The winner is crowned on Friday from among the "coffee shops" of Amsterdam, where hashish and marijuana can be purchased in small amounts. Participants in the Cannabis Cup pay $200 for the right to judge the best cannabis of the year. The so-called harvest festival is sponsored by the American magazine High Times. "It's like walking into a wonderland," said Patty Collins, wearing a shirt that read, "Stoner Chicks Rule." She marveled Tuesday at the size of one variety of cannabis that was growing toward a ceiling of ultraviolet lights on an estate in central Holland.Ĭollins, who owns a pipe store in Portland, (OR), is in te Netherlands for the 11th annual Cannabis Cup, the weeklong potfest that draws several thousand people - mostly Americans - to the drug-tolerant nation every year.
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