Viagro
Well-Known Member
I understand the pharmaceutical pot in the Netherlands began as K2 grown in soil, given only water...
with nutes used very sparingly for occasional tweaks (truly organic). Gamma radiation is used for sterilization,
which sort of creeps me out, but I wonder how it smokes?
Anybody have any experience with it?
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edit: I just saw this, explains a lot.
Dutch government sitting on pile of marijuana it can't sell after unpopular prescription program
October 12th - 2:51 pm ET
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands —
There's a whiff of crisis in the air at the Dutch Health Ministry: It's sitting on a pile of pot that it just can't sell. The Netherlands rolled out a program last year that allows patients to buy prescription marijuana at any pharmacy. Some medical insurance policies cover at least part of the cost, but often not enough to offset the pharmacy price.
In a country where any adult can walk into a "coffee shop" and smoke a joint for much less than the government price, many say the experiment is a bust. "I think it's a shame that they can't deliver a cannabis product a little bit cheaper than the coffee shops," said David Watson, head of Hortapharm, an Amsterdam-based company licensed to research and develop cannabis for pharmaceutical use.
"Why is it that a legal commodity is more expensive than an illegal commodity?" The government says packaging and distribution push up its prices, and acknowledges its program may be foundering. -cont.
with nutes used very sparingly for occasional tweaks (truly organic). Gamma radiation is used for sterilization,
which sort of creeps me out, but I wonder how it smokes?
Anybody have any experience with it?
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edit: I just saw this, explains a lot.
Dutch government sitting on pile of marijuana it can't sell after unpopular prescription program
October 12th - 2:51 pm ET
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands —
There's a whiff of crisis in the air at the Dutch Health Ministry: It's sitting on a pile of pot that it just can't sell. The Netherlands rolled out a program last year that allows patients to buy prescription marijuana at any pharmacy. Some medical insurance policies cover at least part of the cost, but often not enough to offset the pharmacy price.
In a country where any adult can walk into a "coffee shop" and smoke a joint for much less than the government price, many say the experiment is a bust. "I think it's a shame that they can't deliver a cannabis product a little bit cheaper than the coffee shops," said David Watson, head of Hortapharm, an Amsterdam-based company licensed to research and develop cannabis for pharmaceutical use.
"Why is it that a legal commodity is more expensive than an illegal commodity?" The government says packaging and distribution push up its prices, and acknowledges its program may be foundering. -cont.