She’s one of the most successful, innovative entrepreneurs in Dutch cannabis. And she’s promising to shake up the industry.

A breakthrough alliance between political parties could finally fill gaping holes in policies around The Netherlands’ famous cannabis coffeeshops.

Doede De Jong is fighting a longtime paradox in the Netherlands that allows cannabis sales at coffeeshops but prohibits cultivation.

The move is aimed at protecting patients with small-scale home grows, who currently face the threat of eviction and seizure of their plants.

In an announcement this week, Israel’s health minister said the country could begin shipping exports within two years.

Johan van Laarhoven faces a 103-year jail sentence in Thailand despite never having committed a crime in that country.

Millions of tourists visit Dutch coffeeshops every year, but most have no clue about the complicated and paradoxical legal status of the plant.

In the post-High Times Cup era, two new cannabis competitions have emerged: the Elite Cup, in Amsterdam, and the Homegrown Cup, held in the southern city of Eindhoven.

Despite multiple raids a day by an extremely active anti-cannabis police task force, authorities can barely make a dent in illegal production.

Forty years of cannabis policy in the Netherlands has led to an almost unworkable situation for coffeeshops. In Utrecht, it’s getting better.