The Netherlands is expanding the number of licensed cannabis suppliers that are allowed to sell products to the country’s famous “coffee shops” that offer patrons cannabis.
According to the Associated Press, the European Union country is expanding its government-run initiative to 10 municipalities that can sell cannabis from 10 licensed cultivators.
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Among the licensed cultivators participating in the program is Village Farms International, which has offices in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Lake Mary, Florida.
Before the allowances took effect, up to 80 coffee shops in 10 Dutch cities were able to acquire cannabis from only three licensed suppliers enrolled in the country’s “wietexperiment,” a historic trial with a licensed supply chain.
The expansion also carried a mandate that, beginning April 7, all
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