Long queues outside hemp shop in the Netherlands due to Corona

Faizan Musanna
4 min readMar 16, 2020

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In some states in the US, it is banned, and somewhere it is valid. The price of one gram here is about $ 10.76 and about 77.44 MT is consumed in a year.

It is banned in the country. Still, it can be purchased by paying a price of $ 5.32 per gram. About 41.95 metric tonnes of cannabis are consumed annually in the metropolis. READ MORE

Even in the country, it is partially banned. Those who buy it get it at $ 4.38 per gram and in a year it consumes about 38.26 MT.

It is legal to buy cannabis here. And one gram of cannabis can be purchased for $ 8.14. Consumption is about 36.06 MT throughout the year.

There are restrictions on cannabis in Cairo. Due to being illegal, one has to pay up to $ 16.15 for one gram. Even then 32.59 MT is consumed annually.

There are partial restrictions on the purchase and sale of cannabis. The price is around $ 4.57 per gram and the annual consumption is 32.38 MT.

Here also the sale and purchase of marijuana are illegal. The price was $ 9.2 per gram and the annual consumption of 2018 was 31.4 metric tons.

Due to partial ban, the price of one gram remains at $ 11.46 on average and 24.54 MT was consumed during the year.

Hemp is partially banned in the glittering capital. The price was $ 11.84 per gram and the annual consumption was 22.87 metric tons.

Partly due to the restrictions, an average of $ 7.82 had to be paid to buy one gram of hemp and about 22.75 metric tonnes were consumed in a year.

Given the threat of the Coronavirus, a lockdown-like situation has occurred in many countries of Europe. In other countries, where people are queuing up with supermarkets and chemists, in the Netherlands, this sight was seen outside the shops of cannabis.

In the last decade, the number of Indians coming to Europe has increased, whether it is for summer holidays or for business trips. Most people go to Paris, Zurich and Amsterdam. If you ever go to Amsterdam and feel like drinking your coffee there, then before going to any “coffee shop”, make sure you know whether coffee is actually available there.

Actually, buying a limited quantity of hemp in the Netherlands is valid. The capital of Amsterdam is known worldwide. Here, Ganja is sold in open shops and the shops where it is sold are called “coffee shops”. Long queues were seen outside these coffee shops on Sunday evening.

There have been more than a thousand cases of corona infection in the Netherlands so far and at least 20 people have died. In such a situation, on March 15, the government decided to close all restaurants, bars and coffee shops. Apart from this, the known red light area of ​​ Amsterdam has also been closed. In this case, fond of charas and ganja, they wanted to collect their stock as much as pos sible.

A person who bought Charas The Hague told the news agency, “We might not be able to buy it for the next two months, so it would be nice if we had a little bit of house in it. Just five minutes ago I had one The friend saw the press conference and called me — a good friend he is. “

A few minutes after the Health Ministry’s press conference, queues began to take place outside coffee shops across the country. A woman queuing up in The Hague said, “I was watching the press conference with my friend. As soon as I finished, I went down from my flat and saw that there were already 30 people in line. We might have been there for a long time Have to stay at home. A little bit of charas is not bad, it will help to feel lighter. “

Until the government announced the closure of the coffee shop, such a crowd was seen only in supermarkets. Things like soap, hand sanitizer and disinfectant were already finished. Meanwhile, people have been buying toilet paper and pasta in large quantities.

In Germany too, after the news of closing all schools for five weeks on Friday, a similar view was seen in the markets. Apart from supermarkets, people stood queuing outside the drugstores. However, the government has ensured that ration and drug shops will not be closed even if the situation worsens. Still, people have panic rage. In Germany, about six thousand people have been infected with the Coronavirus and 13 deaths have occurred.

Originally published at https://www.mubahisa.in.

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