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 b0red5tiff
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 Dutch Drug Cafe Move Angers Belgians
#8390204 - 05/11/08 06:42 PM (4 months, 24 days ago) |
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The mellow world of dope-dealing Dutch coffee shops is at the centre of a furious international row.
Owners of coffee shops in Maastricht want to move from its narrow, cramped streets to new out-of-town "coffee corners".
But that would put them right on the border with Belgium and communities there have declared war on the proposals.
The coffee shop owners say the move would make it easier for police to identify drug runners they say are trying to sell cocaine, heroin and ecstasy to customers looking for soft drugs.
It is legal to buy small amounts of cannabis from coffee shops in the Netherlands and almost all of the trade in Maastricht is from tourists.
Marc Josemans, who runs Maastricht's coffee shop association, told Sky News: "The Belgians say we are exporting our drug problem by moving closer to their border.
"But 60% of our customers come from Belgium so who is really exporting their problem?
"It would be much better to be away from the city centre and the normal tourists and to be where there is nothing else going on so that we can tell the police when we see the drug runners."
But Huub Broers, mayor of the Belgian district of Voeren, said: "We already have the highest level of crime of any countryside district in Belgium and 95% of it is due to drugs.
"We are worried that we are just going to see more of the same."
Up to two million people a year head to Maastricht to buy drugs.
Even though the Dutch have clamped down on coffee shops, owners believe their more relaxed approach to soft drugs is working with fewer users than the European average.
The UN says western Europe is the world's largest market for cannabis resin and the second largest global market for cocaine.
In Maastricht, the coffee shops have now put forward a proposal to have two outlets in one "coffee corner" for a trial period.
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 DragonChaser
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Re: Dutch Drug Cafe Move Angers Belgians [Re: b0red5tiff]
#8390930 - 05/11/08 10:27 PM (4 months, 24 days ago) |
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I thought marijuana became legal in belgium, in like 2001/2002?
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Re: Dutch Drug Cafe Move Angers Belgians [Re: DragonChaser]
#8391845 - 05/12/08 08:07 AM (4 months, 24 days ago) |
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More like decriminalised..
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