Cannabis & Hemp events you don’t want to miss in 2026
Last updated: 23/03/2026 Get ready for the future! Not only is 2026 packed with business events and fairs all over the world which are good for networking and exposure. But there are also international online Community Conferences happening on the...
Cannabis & Hemp Events 2025
The Cannabis/Hemp industry has been growing rapidly over the last decade. From some 25 events about 10 years ago, up to no less than 50 events per year on average. Ranging from Cannabis & Hemp fairs to Cannabis seed- and...
Definition of Self-Hemployed (English)
Working for oneself as a freelancer or as owner of a business in the Cannabis industry, rather than for an employer. ‘a self-hemployed contractor’
Dutch Balconies
In the Netherlands, individuals can grow five cannabis plants for personal use, prompting innovative balcony gardening in Amsterdam. Residents optimize limited space by utilizing vertical growing methods and strategic plant placement based on sunlight exposure. Compatible plant combinations, like cannabis,...
Hemp in Holland
The Netherlands has a deep-rooted history with hemp, dating back centuries. It’s played a huge role in their culture and economy, used for sailing, textiles, and even paper. The Dutch were key in cultivating and spreading hemp globally, helping with...
World Wide Cannabis & Hemp Events 2018
The Cannabis/Hemp industry has been growing rapidly over the last couple of years. From some 25 events about five years ago, to no less than 50 events throughout this year alone. Ranging from Cannabis & Hemp fairs to Cannabis seed-...
Self-Hemployed Original Wallpaper
Are you Self-Hemployed and want to slap the logo on your desktop/screen/background, here is a nice clean version for you to not lose sight of your hundred thousand icons and screenshots. Name: SH-ORIGINALx(size).jpgCopyright: Self HemployedRes.: 800×600, 1024×768, 1152×864, 1280×1024, 1366×768,...
Cannabis Cup Week 2014
In Amsterdam, in the last week of November the Judges of the Cannabis Cup will choose once again the best marijuana and hashish varieties, served by the Coffeeshops of Holland, as well as the best new varieties of seeds, hemp products...
Self-Hemployed Original Tee
Our Very First (2001) Self-Hemployed Crew Shirt! As-Seen-On The Amsterdam High Times Cannabis Cup 2001 in the Pax Party House, with the help of our friends at the Grey Area coffeeshop. Spotting us with some space in their booth to...
Self-Hemployed Triple-X T-Shirt
Note: Now also available in White! Along with our Original- and Oldschool Self-Hemployed shirts. See Them All On CANNABIS-DEPT.COM ***NEW SHIT!*** The SH Triple-X T-Shirt! Connoisseurs, Enthousiasts, Smokers, Tokers & Dabbers! Get the new Original Self-Hemployed Triple-X t-shirt! All your favorite strains...
Self-Hemployed Oldschool Tee
Khaki Oldschool €17,50 (Including shipping costs!) Sizes S M L XL XXL
‘Way Back’ at Wolke Wietje
Remember this?! As one of the smallest coffeeshops in Amsterdam, and ‘second home’ to Self-Hemployed, coffeeshop Wolke Wietje was very popular amongst Amsterdam locals and travelers. With it’s cosy atmosphere, great menu and EPIC tropical fish tank, visitors regularly got...
April Fools Day!
As you might have read entering the website, and for those who know us. Our website is always under construction and will probably never be finished in our lifetime! The simple reason being, there is too much information of which...
Colloidal Silver & Cannabis
Note: Obey all local, state and federal laws regarding use or disposal of this product! We accept no liability for use of this product or information! Have a nice day! What is Colloidal Silver?Colloidal Silver is pure, metallic silver (the...
Gibberellic Acid-3 Information
Note: Obey all local, state and federal laws regarding use or disposal of this product! We accept no liability for use of this product or information! Have a nice day! THE HISTORY, ORIGIN AND USES OF GIBBERELLINSGibberellins were discovered by...
Hemp History
The oldest archaeological evidence of marijuana use dates back 2,400 to 2,800 years ago, found in the Turpan Basin of China. Remains of a man buried with thirteen cannabis plants were discovered, suggesting the plants were used as a shroud...
World Drug Report 2008
A UN study reveals cannabis usage is high in 172 countries, particularly among Danes aged 15-34. Canada and the US lead globally, while the Netherlands has low user rates despite accessibility.
Judges Head to head with Minister
Judges and prosecutors in terms of privacy violations, soft-drugs prevalence and criminal justice are head to head with the Dutch Cabinet. Soft Drugs should be removed from the criminal circuitMore then half of the judges and prosecutors are in favor...
Utopia of free drug use?
Rampant sexuality, and parties in the streets, right? Not exactly, according to drug policy expert and criminology lecturer Dr. Tim, a faculty member at the University of Utrecht. The Dutch grey area regarding drug policy and legislation requires some explanation...
How Cannabis Works On The Brain
The human brain produces its own cannabinoid, anandamide, which mimics THC's effects, influencing pain relief, appetite, and emotions. This highlights the connection between natural brain functions and cannabis.
ENCOD
The European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies (ENCOD) ENCOD was founded in 1993 and is a NGO (Non Governmental Organisation). It is a wide European network of about 156 organisations and individual citizens affected and concerned by current drug policies....
UN drugs Czar visits Amsterdam Coffeeshop
Very recently executive director of UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), Antonio Marie Costa visited Amsterdam. This visit is believed to have been scheduled the to give Costa a better view on the Dutch drug policies and their...
Costa: Marijuana use Amsterdam highest in the world
Dutch await backing evidence for Outlandish claims made by UNODC executive From a text, from Costa’s hand, that was posted on the UNODC’s website, but retracted a few days later, we learned that the Executive Director’s views on Cannabis were...
Prohibition open to be challenged?
Last December, at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference, the Dutch psychiatrist Fredrick Polak asked Antonio Costa how he could explain that the average use of cannabis in the Netherlands is lower than it’s surrounding countries, even though it is...
Police union: fight against cannabis supply is pointless
The head of the Dutch police union NPB, Hans van Duijn, told Radio 1 it is pointless to fight against the supply of cannabis. He thinks it only leads to more crime and he would much rather see soft drugs...
