As you know, in the Netherlands, very specific legislation in relation to soft drugs: they are illegal, but their use is not prosecuted .  In Amsterdam, there are many so-called "coffee shops" - institutions that sell marijuana .  And there is nothing surprising in the fact that it appeared in Amsterdam Hemp Museum .  The museum is located in the red light district De Wallen .  The museum tells about hemp, the history of its cultivation and a wide variety of applications .  As is known, hemp is used not only in human medicine or religion, it has great industrial value .  We know that people grow hemp for many centuries, its fiber - one of the strongest vegetable fibers in the world, from ancient times to the XIX century in shipbuilding cannabis was the second in terms of material use - immediately after the timber .  Hemp was the main material for the production of ropes and ropes .  Now hemp fibers used in the textile and footwear industry . 

The museum also tells the story of the use of cannabis in medicine - as before, and now. Many of the substances contained in the plant, not yet fully understood.

Here you can learn that cannabis use in food. Seeds are used for the preparation of a variety of products, both by themselves and as an additional ingredient. Separately, it tells about the benefits and unique qualities of hemp oil. (However, in Russia it was known a long time ago).

The museum has a small garden where you can see how growing cannabis. A total of about 6000 museum exhibits, and one of the most unusual exhibits - the Bible in Dutch, made in 1836 from hemp.