Marijuana, cannabis, pot and hashish is not really legal in Holland or The Netherlands but is tolerate to a degree that makes the laws sometimes complicated. Coffee shops are licensed to sell up to 5 grams to an individual 18 years of age and over. Individuals are allowed to grow a plant or 2 for their personal use but if your growing to sell and get caught you could be prosecuted. Basically, if you are caught in possession of less than 5 grams of either marijuana or hashish you will not be prosecuted.

The drugs, however, could be confiscated. If you possess more than 5 grams, you stand a "fair chance" of prosecution.
Coffee-shops are licensed to sell Marijuana, cannabis, pot and hashish, but they cannot sell to anyone under 18. They cannot advertise, and cannot stock more than 500 grams of soft drugs at any one time.

With the creation of the European Union and attitude of other E.U. Countries there is a buzz around that things might be changing.

Don't try to take leftovers home or have them ship or mailed to you! It could cost you your life!!!

Death penalty
Turkey, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Iran and Algeria
Heavy prison sentences
Cyprus: zero tolerance policy towards drugs and possession will usually lead to a hefty fine or even life imprisonment
Greece: possession of even small quantities of drugs can lead to lengthy and even life imprisonment
South East Asia: sentences of 40 to 50 years are not uncommon
Harsh sentences
India: 10 years for smoking cannabis
Italy: Up to 20 years imprisonment
Jamaica: Drug offences result in mandatory prison sentences and large fines. Possession of even small quantities can lead to imprisonment
Morocco: Maximum of 10 years imprisonment plus a fine.
Spain: Sentences for carrying can be up to 12 years
Tunisia: Possession of even a small amount of drugs including marijuana could cost you a term in prison, while more serious charges may even result in 20 years imprisonment plus a fine
Turkey: Up to 20 years imprisonment
Venezuela: Drug carriers face minimum 10-year prison sentences in harsh conditions

Escort services are intermediaries between clients and call girls. Clients phone an escort bureau, which then delivers a girl to the clients' hotel or home. The client pays per hour or per night. Sometimes the service is limited to spending a night out, but more often than not paid sex is involved. The call girl generally pays a commission of 50% to the escort service. Some escort agencies are luxurious and their girls are chauffeured to their clients, others consist of no more than a couple of telephones in a private home.

Street prostitution is not regulated by the new legislation on prostitution, so nothing has changed for the estimated 1,250 street prostitutes in The Netherlands. In many places street prostitutes are banned, chased away by the police, or harassed by local residents. The main reason is that street walking has often been the cause of public nuisance, especially when the prostitutes were drug addicts. Therefore, some cities have opened special tolerance zones where street prostitutes work. They are generally located in remote or industrial areas of the city, to minimize any nuisance to residents. Clients drive their car round the area, pick up a girl and go off to a separate spot where they are hidden from the public view by small partitions. These tolerance zones are equipped with night shelters for the prostitutes where they can talk, have a drink, buy condoms or even have medical check ups or get clean syringes when they are heroin addicts.

A small portion of prostitutes, about 5%, receive clients at home. This is the most independent form of prostitution, and like street walking is not regulated by law. Prostitutes place ads in newspapers or on the Web, or leave their mobile phone numbers on notes in supermarkets. Many of them are housewives or students and do this work temporarily just to earn some extra. They often rely on a number of regular customers.

Rent boys find their clients in bars, saunas, train stations, cruising areas, boys clubs, or through agencies and newspaper ads. Male prostitution always refers to sex between a boy and a homosexual client. The number of gigolo's serving female clients is negligible.

Prices and earnings differ widely from one form of prostitution to another, but easy money is the exception rather than the rule. Street prostitutes may be cheap for clients, but their earnings are relatively high, because they don't pay any rent or commission. It is estimated that they can make up to 25 euro per hour. The downside is that they are more at risk than others are because they have no protection against violent clients. Call girls who work for escort services are expensive, and they tend to earn relatively well. Window prostitutes and sex club workers do not make as much money as many people believe. They sometimes spend a long time waiting for clients, and they have to pay rent or commission. Some estimates put average earnings of window prostitutes at only 9 euro per hour, while sex club workers manage to earn 13 euro.