Coffeeshopowner blogging...

cannabinol · 03-23-2009, 03:06 PM

Hi,

It's been a while since I have been here, this place took me to all other sites about marihuana the first years I spent online, good memories.

I just wanted to announce my blog, It's about coffeeshopping in Haarlem, Holland and about our cannabis friendly mini-resort in Spain, which will be opening soon.
I will try to explain how a Dutch hash-coffeeshop works in practice, with as many ins and outs I can legally reveal.

I hope I do not offence anyone by using the boards for this announcement, but I thought it would be all right, I must be the only coffeeshop entrepreneur blogging, it may be a novelty...

The website of the Good Life Farm will be up soon, here's a pic...

Many happy tokes,

Xil · 03-23-2009, 03:19 PM

I look forward to the read. I've wondered how that hole system works

Roach · 03-23-2009, 04:29 PM

blast from the past.

roach here.

Looking forward to your updates and input.

Silverleaf · 03-23-2009, 04:36 PM

harlem is grate

cannabinol · 03-23-2009, 05:20 PM

You're one A short, Haarlem is pretty cool too...

Silverleaf · 03-23-2009, 05:26 PM

my man, i kid you. that sounds awesome, i'll be sure to check it out.

Peace seeker · 03-24-2009, 01:34 AM

hey Nol, welcome back

got some Q's for you if u dont mind me asking:

how easy is it to start a coffee shop business in amsterdam? Do they still give licences? Is it still a profitable business?

Once u start it, do u have to buy your weed from a local mafia or can u grow your own (unofficially)?

Spain: Supposedly u have a small motel business in spain. Can u advertise it as a cannabis-friendly establishment or would that get u in trouble with the local authorities? How "relaxed" is the local gvmnt about cannabis?

cannabinol · 04-08-2009, 03:01 PM

It is only possible to buy a coffeeshop with a license in Amsterdam, if the city allows the sale. It is still profitable to run a coffeeshop, it will always be.

Local maffia is an invention of our government, the only local gangs are the traffic wardens. Buying weed is as easy or difficult as it comes, find good growers or set up good growers, I suppose.

I can advertise as cannabis friendly, Spain IS cannabis friendly.

I wish people would open coffeeshop like places outside the Netherlands for a change....or like Californian med clubs.

**Kompressor** · 04-08-2009, 03:38 PM

Glad to see more productive old schoolers coming back than the vast array of know-it-all whiny teens.

Looking forward to your experiences.

Flamingnun · 04-08-2009, 05:21 PM

Yeah why the fuck did that get edited as spam? Who waits ten years to spam shit with an account..?

**SageTree** · 04-08-2009, 07:08 PM

Dunno Nun didn't see it personally.....

Welcome to Yahooka. I can move this to a more visible spot if you'd like. General Discussion maybe. But I feel its good here too since its a geopraphically related post.

Welcome back

cannabinol · 04-09-2009, 03:37 AM

I did not know this was considered spam, I thought coming up with something new would be appreciated amongst growers and smokers.
My blog shows my present cannabis experiences in Spain as well as in Holland, it is meant as information. I am glad you guys do think it is acceptable.
The place is ok, Sage Tree, since I am trying to unite the regions Spain and the Netherlands. Next week I am off to the annual general members meeting of the BCD, the Cannabis Retailers Union. I will report on this event on my blog. It will be a very important meeting, due to the fact that local authorities close and want to close coffeeshops, Amsterdam taking the front.

I will also make an article about the price setiing in Dutch coffeeshops, how and why they are on the level they are.

We finally have a cannabis consumer federation in the Netherlands, their first petition is out, they ask our Health-Minister to lift the smoking ban in cofeeshops, because it is ruining the social function of their favorite hangouts.

Questions about coffeeshop policy? Ask them, but try to come up with something substancial.

**farmergiles** · 04-09-2009, 04:25 AM

I was in Rotterdam last year, the people running the coffeeshops were complaining most bitterly about the smoking ban being a buzzkill more than anything else. People wern`t hanging out in the shops anymore and of course the shop loses out on selling coffee and munchies.
Of course in some of the shops people were smoking openly anyway but how long they`ll keep their licence...

Peace seeker · 04-09-2009, 05:53 AM

Cannabinol, any info on the coffeeshop subject ("how to") is welcome

we need a common-European law on cannabis to begin with. Only that will spread the cannabis industry on a pan-european level

cannabinol · 04-09-2009, 07:24 AM

The smoking ban is a buzz killer indeed, some coffeeshops have blocked out smoking completely, beside pure weed joints, because of lack of space.
More people pick up their cannabis and leave, to smoke it elsewhere, mainly at home or the house of a friend. This pulls down social life and behaviour in coffeeshops, sharing a cone turned to smoking alone.
The coffeeshops were asked to fill in a question form about the influence of the smoking ban on life and business in our outlets, the info is meant for Health Minister Klink. He will use this info to have a rethink on the smoking ban for coffeeshops. Good thing the Cannabis Consumers Union sent in their petition to Klink as well. Let's hope there is still hope.

Meanwhile we just still smoke as usual in Haarlem, we joined up with 15 coffeeshops out of 16, and wrote a letter to our Mayor, stating we do not comply with the smoking ban, City Hall confirmed the reception of our stance in writing. So far, no news from him or City Hall. No checks on tobacco smoking in our shops so far.

Peace seeker · 04-09-2009, 11:56 AM

Coffee shops need to stay coffee shops. Holland doesnt need stricter laws.

i dont mind the tobaco ban cause i m not a smoker. But weed smoking is something you expect to have in a coffee shop

Bad dog · 04-09-2009, 12:46 PM

are you getting any of the lebenese hash these days?
A good weed menu is easy, it's holland for fucks sake.
A good hash menu is altogether harder to achieve.

cannabinol · 04-09-2009, 03:24 PM

We have a tobacco smoking ban in coffeeshops, not a weed smoking or vaporizing ban.
Dutch smokers roll their hash and or weed with tobacco, so they have to go smoke outside or at home.

**SageTree** · 04-09-2009, 03:31 PM

^^ as it should be.

cannabinol · 04-09-2009, 08:23 PM

99 % of dutch smokers use tobacco in their joints, makes coffeeshops veryyy empty....

03-23-2009, 03:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
cannabinol Decade Yahookan Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Haarlem,The Netherlands,EU. Posts: 117 Thanks: 1 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts	Coffeeshopowner blogging... Hi, It's been a while since I have been here, this place took me to all other sites about marihuana the first years I spent online, good memories. I just wanted to announce my blog, It's about coffeeshopping in Haarlem, Holland and about our cannabis friendly mini-resort in Spain, which will be opening soon. I will try to explain how a Dutch hash-coffeeshop works in practice, with as many ins and outs I can legally reveal. I hope I do not offence anyone by using the boards for this announcement, but I thought it would be all right, I must be the only coffeeshop entrepreneur blogging, it may be a novelty... The website of the Good Life Farm will be up soon, here's a pic... Many happy tokes, Last edited by Pharm Girl; 03-25-2009 at 05:09 AM. Reason: spam

03-23-2009, 03:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Xil OD'ing on sobriety Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mizzura Posts: 3,292 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 993 Thanked 1,108 Times in 687 Posts	I look forward to the read. I've wondered how that hole system works __________________ Life is a waste of time and time is a waste of life, so get wasted all the time and have the time of your life

03-23-2009, 04:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
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03-23-2009, 05:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
cannabinol Decade Yahookan Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Haarlem,The Netherlands,EU. Posts: 117 Thanks: 1 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts	Aa You're one A short, Haarlem is pretty cool too...

03-23-2009, 05:26 PM	#6 (permalink)
Silverleaf Toker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: in the wild Posts: 497 Thanks: 202 Thanked 67 Times in 46 Posts	my man, i kid you. that sounds awesome, i'll be sure to check it out. __________________

03-23-2009, 04:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
Roach Victoria Aut Mors Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 6,771 Thanks: 2,116 Thanked 1,721 Times in 1,333 Posts	blast from the past. roach here. Looking forward to your updates and input.

03-24-2009, 01:34 AM	#7 (permalink)
Peace seeker free the herb Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6,830 Thanks: 749 Thanked 530 Times in 376 Posts	hey Nol, welcome back got some Q's for you if u dont mind me asking: how easy is it to start a coffee shop business in amsterdam? Do they still give licences? Is it still a profitable business? Once u start it, do u have to buy your weed from a local mafia or can u grow your own (unofficially)? Spain: Supposedly u have a small motel business in spain. Can u advertise it as a cannabis-friendly establishment or would that get u in trouble with the local authorities? How "relaxed" is the local gvmnt about cannabis?

04-08-2009, 03:01 PM	#8 (permalink)
cannabinol Decade Yahookan Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Haarlem,The Netherlands,EU. Posts: 117 Thanks: 1 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts	Q&a It is only possible to buy a coffeeshop with a license in Amsterdam, if the city allows the sale. It is still profitable to run a coffeeshop, it will always be. Local maffia is an invention of our government, the only local gangs are the traffic wardens. Buying weed is as easy or difficult as it comes, find good growers or set up good growers, I suppose. I can advertise as cannabis friendly, Spain IS cannabis friendly. I wish people would open coffeeshop like places outside the Netherlands for a change....or like Californian med clubs.

04-08-2009, 03:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
Kompressor Voice of Reason Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Illinois Posts: 8,066 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2,849 Times in 1,509 Posts	Glad to see more productive old schoolers coming back than the vast array of know-it-all whiny teens. Looking forward to your experiences. __________________ Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. -H. Bergson

04-08-2009, 05:21 PM	#10 (permalink)
Flamingnun Shpadoinkle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: roflmao Posts: 17,538 Thanks: 1,046 Thanked 2,611 Times in 1,178 Posts	Yeah why the fuck did that get edited as spam? Who waits ten years to spam shit with an account..? __________________

04-08-2009, 07:08 PM	#11 (permalink)
SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 22,612 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 11,486 Thanked 5,709 Times in 4,024 Posts	Dunno Nun didn't see it personally..... Welcome to Yahooka. I can move this to a more visible spot if you'd like. General Discussion maybe. But I feel its good here too since its a geopraphically related post. Welcome back __________________ YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance. "We're not here to judge what's good from bad, But to do the things that are right."

04-09-2009, 03:37 AM	#12 (permalink)
cannabinol Decade Yahookan Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Haarlem,The Netherlands,EU. Posts: 117 Thanks: 1 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts	no spam... I did not know this was considered spam, I thought coming up with something new would be appreciated amongst growers and smokers. My blog shows my present cannabis experiences in Spain as well as in Holland, it is meant as information. I am glad you guys do think it is acceptable. The place is ok, Sage Tree, since I am trying to unite the regions Spain and the Netherlands. Next week I am off to the annual general members meeting of the BCD, the Cannabis Retailers Union. I will report on this event on my blog. It will be a very important meeting, due to the fact that local authorities close and want to close coffeeshops, Amsterdam taking the front. I will also make an article about the price setiing in Dutch coffeeshops, how and why they are on the level they are. We finally have a cannabis consumer federation in the Netherlands, their first petition is out, they ask our Health-Minister to lift the smoking ban in cofeeshops, because it is ruining the social function of their favorite hangouts. Questions about coffeeshop policy? Ask them, but try to come up with something substancial.

04-09-2009, 04:25 AM	#13 (permalink)
farmergiles Yahookan Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: In My Fire Engine Posts: 7,134 Thanks: 2,040 Thanked 3,167 Times in 2,191 Posts	I was in Rotterdam last year, the people running the coffeeshops were complaining most bitterly about the smoking ban being a buzzkill more than anything else. People wern`t hanging out in the shops anymore and of course the shop loses out on selling coffee and munchies. Of course in some of the shops people were smoking openly anyway but how long they`ll keep their licence... __________________ Cultivate a stoic calmness *Fuck the Monkeys*

04-09-2009, 05:53 AM	#14 (permalink)
Peace seeker free the herb Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6,830 Thanks: 749 Thanked 530 Times in 376 Posts	Cannabinol, any info on the coffeeshop subject ("how to") is welcome we need a common-European law on cannabis to begin with. Only that will spread the cannabis industry on a pan-european level

04-09-2009, 07:24 AM	#15 (permalink)
cannabinol Decade Yahookan Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Haarlem,The Netherlands,EU. Posts: 117 Thanks: 1 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts	smoking habits change... The smoking ban is a buzz killer indeed, some coffeeshops have blocked out smoking completely, beside pure weed joints, because of lack of space. More people pick up their cannabis and leave, to smoke it elsewhere, mainly at home or the house of a friend. This pulls down social life and behaviour in coffeeshops, sharing a cone turned to smoking alone. The coffeeshops were asked to fill in a question form about the influence of the smoking ban on life and business in our outlets, the info is meant for Health Minister Klink. He will use this info to have a rethink on the smoking ban for coffeeshops. Good thing the Cannabis Consumers Union sent in their petition to Klink as well. Let's hope there is still hope. Meanwhile we just still smoke as usual in Haarlem, we joined up with 15 coffeeshops out of 16, and wrote a letter to our Mayor, stating we do not comply with the smoking ban, City Hall confirmed the reception of our stance in writing. So far, no news from him or City Hall. No checks on tobacco smoking in our shops so far.

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04-09-2009, 11:56 AM	#16 (permalink)
Peace seeker free the herb Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6,830 Thanks: 749 Thanked 530 Times in 376 Posts	Coffee shops need to stay coffee shops. Holland doesnt need stricter laws. i dont mind the tobaco ban cause i m not a smoker. But weed smoking is something you expect to have in a coffee shop

04-09-2009, 03:24 PM	#18 (permalink)
cannabinol Decade Yahookan Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Haarlem,The Netherlands,EU. Posts: 117 Thanks: 1 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts	smokin weed. We have a tobacco smoking ban in coffeeshops, not a weed smoking or vaporizing ban. Dutch smokers roll their hash and or weed with tobacco, so they have to go smoke outside or at home.

04-09-2009, 03:31 PM	#19 (permalink)
SageTree ~Kalyāṇa-mitrā~ Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: In Love Posts: 22,612 Blog Entries: 26 Thanks: 11,486 Thanked 5,709 Times in 4,024 Posts	^^ as it should be. __________________ YaHooka is.... Cannabis lovers from around the world pulling up a comfy chair, picking up a vaporizer, a bong, a brownie, a pipe, or a joint, getting high, stoned, buzzed or healthy. Uniting our minds in conversation...While Portraying a Positive Image of marijuana and marijuana users to the world. Treat your fellow YaHookans with kindness,respect and tolerance. "We're not here to judge what's good from bad, But to do the things that are right."

04-09-2009, 08:23 PM	#20 (permalink)
cannabinol Decade Yahookan Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Haarlem,The Netherlands,EU. Posts: 117 Thanks: 1 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts	not so nice 99 % of dutch smokers use tobacco in their joints, makes coffeeshops veryyy empty....

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