A total of 149 of hemp growers sign up for the wietexperiment

149 of hemp growers, the government applied for the crop for the coffee shops, the ten municipalities that will be part of the so-called wietexperiment, report to the Government on Wednesday. Tuesday was the last day on which the growers are able to log in. The wietexperiment should make it clear whether a legal delivery, purchase, and sale of cannabis, it is possible to.

over The next period of time, all applications will reviewed for completeness and substantively reviewed, and the number of wiettelers reduced to ten candidates. The government is committed to ensure the ten producers in 2021, to a point.

In the current context, the cultivation of cannabis and the supply to coffee shops is still prohibited, and the sale, subject to certain conditions, will turn a blind eye to seen. That is, according to the Dutch political party D66, the party for which the test is carried out in the current coalition agreement (called "a situation".

The wietexperiment will need to determine if and how the coffee shops can be quality-controlled marijuana. Also, the trial in The Hague provides an insight into the impact of a regulated marijuana to crime, safety, nuisance and public health issues. In the experiment, ten municipalities and implemented.

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