No, it is not legal. It is a controlled substance, can only be bought in places specified by the authorities, and only in very small amounts. Trying to buy larger amounts, or being found with more than the allowed limit, results prosecution and, if you are a foreigner, deportation.
Coffeeshops are establishments in the Netherlands where the sale of cannabis for personal consumption by the public is tolerated (in Dutch called gedoogd) by the local authorities.
Under the drug policy of the Netherlands, the sale of cannabis products in small quantities is allowed by 'licensed' coffee shops. The majority of these "coffeeshops" (in Dutch written as one word) also serve drinks and food. Coffeeshops are not allowed to serve alcohol or other drugs, and risk closure if they are found to be selling soft drugs to minors, hard drugs or selling alcohol. The idea of coffeeshops was introduced in the 1970s for the explicit purpose of keeping hard and soft drugs separated.
In the Netherlands, 105 of the 443 municipalities have at least one coffeeshop.
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No, but every resident of THE NETHERLANDS over 18 can buy it in "coffeeshops" all over THE NETHERLANDS - and outside the three southern provinces, so can foreigners over 18.
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