As is known in the Netherlands are very specific laws against recreational drugs: they are illegal, but their use is not prosecuted. In Amsterdam there are many so-called "coffeeshops" - establishments that sell marijuana. And there is nothing surprising in the fact that in Amsterdam appeared the hemp Museum. The Museum is located in the red light district de Wallen. The Museum exposition tells about hemp, the history of its cultivation and the most varied applications. As is well known, hemp is used not only in medicine or religion, it has important commercial value. It is known that people grow hemp for many centuries, its fiber is one of the strongest vegetable fibers in the world and from antiquity to the nineteenth century in shipbuilding hemp was the second most amount of use the material immediately after wood. Hemp was the main material for the production of ropes and ropes. Now hemp fibres used in the textile and footwear industry.

The Museum also tells about the use of cannabis in medicine – in the past and currently. Many of the substances contained in the plant, are not yet fully understood.

Here you can learn about what is hemp used for food. Cannabis seeds used in the preparation of numerous products, either alone or as an additional ingredient. Separately tells about the benefits and unique qualities of hemp seed oil. (However, in Russia it was known a long time ago).

The Museum has a small garden where you can see how growing hemp. All in all, there are about 6,000 exhibits, and one of the most unusual exhibits is the Bible in Dutch, made in 1836 from hemp.