// Definition
The Netherlands' tolerance-based cannabis policy allowing sale of small quantities through licensed coffee shops, originally permitting entry at age 16 (later raised to 18), representing one of the world's longest-running regulated cannabis access systems.
// From the Episode
Discussed extensively in ep080 with Skunkman Sam contributing his experience living in Holland. The Dutch raised the coffee shop minimum age from 16 to 18. Sam noted you could walk into a coffee shop as a 16-year-old Dutchman and buy hash or grass. The panel compared Dutch pragmatic tolerance to North American prohibition approaches, noting the Netherlands treats cannabis like prostitution — regulating rather than prohibiting what people will do anyway.
// Source
Ep. 080 Hash Church LXXX 80 →