June 17 start of closed coffeeshop chain experiment in Heerlen
Monday, June 17, the Experiment closed coffeeshop chains will definitively start in Heerlen. Breda and Tilburg were already allowed to partially start in December 2023, the remaining eight Dutch municipalities are now following suit. In the Experiment closed coffeeshop chain, the government is going to regulate the illegal backdoor of the (approximately 80) participating coffeeshops. Starting June 17, they will do so at commercial growers licensed by the minister.