Our guest is one of the most influential and best-known cannabis entrepreneurs in Dutch history.Ben Dronkers is the founder of Sensi Smile coffeeshops, the Sensi Seeds seed company, the Hash, Marihuana, and Hemp Museum in Amsterdam and Barcelona, and industrial hemp companyHempflax. He has always supported cannabis activism and helped many events, fairs, and campaigns get started. In this extra-long episode, Dronkers offers a rare and candid insight into hiscareer and his vision as we get high together. In the news segment, we discuss the failed attempt to legalize in Colombia, a new push to close down Pusher Street in Christiania, Denmark, the exhibition ‘Cannabis Japonica: Shinto & the Spirit of 麻’ in Amsterdam and more plant-related news.

Nog iets nieuws? (anything new?)Colombia’s Senate votes against legalizing recreational cannabis market, El País, June, 21, 2023https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-06-21/colombias-senate-votes-against-legalizing-recreational-cannabis-market.htmlUN experts call for end to global ‘war on drugs’, Press release, June 23, 2023https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/06/un-experts-call-end-global-war-drugsState and city reach agreement to close down Pusher Street, CPH Post, June 27, 2023https://cphpost.dk/2023-06-27/news/state-and-city-reach-agreement-to-close-down-pusher-street/We asked for a ‘cannabis legalisation timeframe’, Leonid... not a bloody lecture! Malta Today, June22, 2023https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/comment/blogs/123557/we_asked_for_a_cannabis_legalisation_timeframe_leonid_not_a_bloody_lectureCannabis Japonica: Shinto & the Spirit of 麻https://hashmuseum.com/en/whats-on/cannabis-japonica-shinto-and-the-spirit-of-hemp/75 x High Tea Potcast, HighLife 3, 2023https://softsecrets.com/nl/artikel/75-x-high-tea-potcast

Interview Ben DronkersWebsite Sensi Seeds: https://sensiseeds.com/enWebsite Hash, Marihuana & Hep Museum Amsterdam: https://hashmuseum.com/enWebsite Hash, Marihuana & Hemp Museum, Barcelona: https://hashmuseum.com/en/barcelona/Website Hempflax: https://www.hempflax.com/en/

De Ouwe Doos (The Old Box)'18 Juin 1993 - Première journée internationale du cannabis - Textes des intervénants', Editions DuLézard/Circ, 1993

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High Tea Potcast KweekhoekjeBasic guide for growing cannabis outdoors (in Dutch): https://www.veiligthuiskweken.nl/buiten-kweken/

TuneOur signature tune is ‘Mary You Wanna’ by Dutch band Mooon. Website:http://www.mooonband.com/