At the same time, the amount of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol - the main psychoactive substance found in the Cannabis plant) has dropped from 17.5 to 16 percent. In 2004, Dutch-grown Cannabis boasted a mind-blowing THC content of more than 20 percent.
The average price of Nederwiet (Neder = abbreviation of Nederland, Netherlands; wiet = dutch pronounciation of weed) is now €7,30 per gram.
These numbers were revealed in a press releases by the Trimbos Institute — the Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction — which since 1999, at the request of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, monitors the strength of Cannabis products sold in Holland’s Coffeeshops.
According to the institute, imported Hash has also become more expensive, while the amount of THC current is 13.3 percent, versus 18.7 percent in 2006. The average price of imported hash rose from €7,30 to €7.70 per gram. |