Here's a closer look now at Cannabis Culture in Amsterdam---by the numbers.
* 260+: Number of coffeeshops in Amsterdam
* 729: Number of coffeeshops in Netherlands
* 5 grams: How much marijuana each person can buy at a coffeeshop in one visit. Coffeeshop owners 1 gram is enough for 2 joints.
* 550 grams: How much cannabis a coffeeshop is permitted to have on the premises at any one time.
* 5: The number of marijuana plants each person in Netherlands is permitted to grow
* 2 billion Euros: how much money is generated from cannabis sales in the Netherlands in 2008
* 400 million Euros: how much of that revenue goes to the "state fund"
* 56%: percentage that each coffeeshop is taxed
* 165: Number of canals in Amsterdam
* 1/2 million: Number of bicycles in Amsterdam
* 730: How many years old Amsterdam is today
* 3.7 million: how many international tourists visit Amsterdam/year
* 1.4 million: how many people live in Amsterdam (as of 2008)
Source: various, Cannabis College; Hash, Marijuana, and Hemp Museum; City of Amsterdam-Dept of Research and Statistics
Here's a look inside Hunter's Coffeeshop and the Do's and Don'ts of marijuana sales.
-Suzanne
