Does the Amsterdam Cannabis industry have Amnesia?
Hold up… What?! Those familiar with the previous High Times Cannabis Cup events in Amsterdam know that the festival has been going on for years. As a matter of fact they held the Cannabis Cup for 27 years until 2014....
Amsterdam get’s a Drive-Through Coffeeshop!
After a more than a decade the Nieuw-West district and the City Council gave a ‘green light’ for the arrival of a new Coffeeshop near Sloterdijk Station. According to district manager Achmed Baâdoud, it has to be a drive-through coffeeshop. Where...
Turk (Turkey)
Cultivation: Cannabis is produced in the rural regions like Anatolia. Production: The manufacture method (and the resulting product) is very similar to Morocco, the Hashish is pressed from Resin-Powder. Color: Greenish-brown. Smell: Slightly spicy. Taste: Not especially aromatic or spicy,...
Pakistani (Pakistan)
Cultivation: Cannabis is especially cultivated in the North-West-Frontier- Province which isn’t under government control. This region is considered tribal area. Drugs of every kind are produced, as well as weapons. Every man is permitted (and should) bear a firearm. The...
Nepalese (Nepal)
Cultivation: There are small Cannabis cultivations everywhere in the Highlands of Nepal. Production: The resin is collected by carefully rubbing the buds between both hands. Later the collected resin is pressed to homogenous Hash-Balls (Temple Balls). Before shipment these balls...
Moroccan (Morocco)
Cultivation: Cannabis is cultivated in the Northern regions, especially in the province of Ketama. In 1992 Morocco cultivated at least 30’000 acres of Cannabis. This produces about 15’000 tons of Hashish, which are exported to Europe (especially Spain, France, Belgium,...
Kashmiri (India)
Cultivation: No information available. Production: Kashmir is the only Moslim country where Hashish is produced by hand like in Nepal and Afghanistan. Usually the producers in Kashmir aren’t able to press the slabs decently. Color: Black on the outside, brown-greenish...
Afghani – (Afghanistan)
Cultivation: Hashish is produced practically everywhere in and around Afghanistan. The best kinds of Hash originate from the Northern provinces between Hindu Kush and the Russian border (Balkh, Mazar-i-Sharif). As tourist in Afghanistan it will be very difficult to be...
