Unfortunately, The Netherlands does not have a decent mmj program compared to some US states that have a mmj program; ie Cali, CO, etc. The Cannabis that is available thru the mmj program, in Holland, is not too good; very weak. There are no concentrates available because it is considered a hard drug due to the processing needed to make the concentrates. Medical patients that I have known here usually just go to a coffeeshop to buy their grass. A few, very few, coffeeshops offer discounts to mmj card holders. Most patients just buy their weed from a cs or grow their own. The strongest that is available is ice hash. As Moppel said, the mmj here is only available for patients with a serious condition or terminal patients. If you need a more definitive answer to your questions, Growdoc, I'm sure that if you emailed the Cannabis College, they would provide you with answers. Good Luck!
http://www.cannabisbureau.nl/en/ImportExport/Foreignpatientsandbusinesses/
Foreign patients
A European non-Dutch patient can, in principle, obtain medicinal cannabis in the Netherlands using a prescription from their own doctor. The procedure is as follows:
The patient must have a valid prescription from any doctor within the European Union.
A wholesaler or pharmacy in the country in question must then apply to the appropriate government agency for an import licence for medicinal cannabis. In the Netherlands this agency would be the Healthcare Inspectorate (Inspectie voor de Gezondheidszorg).
The import licence needs to be forwarded, in duplicate, to the Office for Medicinal Cannabis Research (BMC).
The BMC will then apply to the Healthcare Inspectorate (Inspectie voor de Gezondheidszorg) for an export licence. The export licence is generally issued within two to three weeks. In addition to an exemption, a contract specifying a number of details (e.g. the delivery of the medicinal cannabis) will also need to be drawn up.
As soon as the contract has been signed and the export licence issued, the quantity of medicinal cannabis ordered can be dispatched.
The wholesaler or pharmacy then dispenses the medicinal cannabis to the patient.
Import and export licences are only valid for a limited period. Once this period has expired the procedure must be repeated in order to obtain a new licence.
Costs include the application fee for the export licence and contract and transport costs.
Can i reverse this q,im a brit we get 90 days visas for USA,if i came on vacation to cali as my aunty lives there.i have a few health issues which i take lots of medication.now just say i ran out if painkillers would i be able to visit a mmj dispensery show them my empty painkillers with my prescription name and buy pain releaving meds,I would have insurance if thats needed ,cause if an American came to uk he would be able to visit the doctors if he got sick but of course he woudlnt get mj here .i would need concentrates as I take opiute meds for pain.thanks
Its nice you wanna give advice, but you dont know the laws i do!!! i work in medical cannabis and i already have a list of doctors in holland, i was hoping for more doctors like ones i have never heard of. i talk to the cannabis college(now called cannabis info) and they have no help to come with...
GrowDoc
hey op,,,pretty sure I watched a you tube thread and they were treating peeps with volcano vaporisers at one of the hospitals in isreal,,thought medi use was accepted and allowed in isreal?....Mediweit and Wernand should be a good starting point.
Didnt Isreal has / have it own Cannabis Medical program (or atleast trials) with patients?