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Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops
#14521522 - 05/27/11 03:09 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops May 27, 2011 - Reuters
The Dutch government on Friday said it would start banning tourists from buying cannabis from "coffee shops" and impose restrictions on Dutch customers by the end of the year.
The Netherlands is well known for having one of Europe's most liberal soft drug policies that has made its cannabis shops a popular tourist attraction, particularly in Amsterdam.
Backed by the far-right party of anti-immigrant politician Geert Wilders, the coalition government that came into power last year announced plans to curb drug tourism as part of a nationwide program to promote health and fight crime.
"In order to tackle the nuisance and criminality associated with coffee shops and drug trafficking, the open-door policy of coffee shops will end," the Dutch health and justice ministers wrote in a letter to the country's parliament on Friday.
Under the new rules, only Dutch residents will be able to sign up as members of cannabis shops.
Dutch customers will have to sign up for at least a year's membership and each shop would be expected to have only up to 1,500 members, a justice ministry spokesman said.
The policy will roll out in the southern provinces of Limburg, Noord Brabant and Zeeland by the end of the year and the rest of the country next year, the spokesman said.
Amsterdam, home to about 220 coffee shops, is already in the process of closing some in its red light district. Some officials have resisted the measures, saying they will push the soft drug trade underground.
Some Dutch border towns including Maastricht and Terneuzen have already restricted the sale of marijuana to foreigners.
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: veggie]
#14521551 - 05/27/11 03:13 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: veggie]
#14521556 - 05/27/11 03:14 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Damnit. That would have been one of the top reasons to go to Amsterdam. I guess I'll just have to find someone there that is a member of a coffee shop.
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: destructo_low]
#14521610 - 05/27/11 03:20 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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So ridiculous. I can barely even stand how ignorant our officials and politicians are about marijuana and their dumbfuck laws for it.
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: Joolz]
#14521676 - 05/27/11 03:31 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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What a fucking dumb move... this is going to destroy a lot more businesses than just coffee shops, tourism is going to plummet. They need to get those fuckers out of office, which they CAN do.
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: bonnahoo]
#14521760 - 05/27/11 03:43 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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WOw, thats gotta hurt there economy
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: weshroom]
#14521773 - 05/27/11 03:45 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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weshroom said: WOw, thats gotta hurt there economy
It will but not as much as you think. It's just a fraction of their income.
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: bonnahoo]
#14521780 - 05/27/11 03:46 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Fuck are you serious!! only dutch people get to get high in the world capital of weed..this sucks i rather go to rome anyways
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: LuigisDeathRace]
#14521917 - 05/27/11 04:10 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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They've been threating to do this for years now. I wonder if they're actually going to go through with it this time
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: aj123]
#14521941 - 05/27/11 04:13 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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They will reverse it after they realize how much money they lose from tourism and big events such as the cannabis cup. If they don't reverse this decision I fear Amsterdam may become a part of the world that nobody visits due to the horrible crime rates there that will arise from the coffee shops closing to foreigners.
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: veggie]
#14521949 - 05/27/11 04:14 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Backed by the far-right party of anti-immigrant politician Geert Wilders, the coalition government that came into power last year announced plans to curb drug tourism as part of a nationwide program to promote health and fight crime.
What does a tourist smoking pot have anything to do with fighting crime and health care?
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: frostz]
#14521957 - 05/27/11 04:15 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: The Vapor]
#14522427 - 05/27/11 05:50 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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whats the point in this who gives a shit if a tourist gets high i hope they lose all their tourism cash flow for this dumb move
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: eatshrOOms88]
#14522677 - 05/27/11 06:37 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I'm pretty sure they are just caving to heavy pressure from the U.N., uh, i mean, the U.S., sorry it's hard to tell the two apart these days. i would bet you dimes to dollars this is only partly a dutch decision. and yeah we all know the obvious outcome, the black market for dutch weed will swell and crime with it, then the fucktards in the right leaning party will say that weed is the cause of the increased crime and aren't you glad we banned the tourists from smoking when we did or it would have been worse. fuck the po po politicians
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: bonnahoo]
#14522782 - 05/27/11 06:58 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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bonnahoo said: What a fucking dumb move... this is going to destroy a lot more businesses than just coffee shops, tourism is going to plummet. They need to get those fuckers out of office, which they CAN do.
Clearly the dutch people voted these people in; so it is reasonable to assume that these actions reflect the will of the Dutch as a whole.
Unless, of course, you're trying to make the argument that politicians are only enacting the will of the people when they are doing what you personally want . I can see how all this "drug tourism" is something of a national embarrassment.
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: setb]
#14523000 - 05/27/11 07:43 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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bonnahoo said: What a fucking dumb move... this is going to destroy a lot more businesses than just coffee shops, tourism is going to plummet. They need to get those fuckers out of office, which they CAN do.
Clearly the dutch people voted these people in; so it is reasonable to assume that these actions reflect the will of the Dutch as a whole.
Unless, of course, you're trying to make the argument that politicians are only enacting the will of the people when they are doing what you personally want . I can see how all this "drug tourism" is something of a national embarrassment.
Just like how the American people voted all our politicians in to ignore the deficit and to watch it swell. Don't be so dense.
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: demon6fire]
#14523023 - 05/27/11 07:47 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I think its great, maybe people will stop running from their countries' problems and focus on resolving them.
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: MidRange]
#14523031 - 05/27/11 07:49 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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MidRange said: I think its great, maybe people will stop running from their countries' problems and focus on resolving them.
Maybe if that actually worked. I'm sure you and I are both sensible people who could discuss laws about drugs for the greater wealth of our race.
The people who elect (vote) and get elected are not like you and I though.
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: veggie]
#14523473 - 05/27/11 09:04 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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This looks like some kind of deal that they have worked out with the US. They don't want other countries glamoring drugs. My opinion! Guys it's time we start standing up for our civil liberties and stop being so ignorance to the fact that we are losing them at alarming rates. I say we should schedule some protest and walk across America and try to gain more support for Ron Paul. What do I know, right? I see all of my friends getting locked away for small amounts of marijuana, and other small things. I'm tired of this to the point that I'm willing to leave my family and work for a short time to start protesting. The Patriot Act is still going strong and they also have other major things to sneak through congress. Guys I have read in my drug use and abuse text book that their are options on the table to treat drug users and dealers as terrorist not to mention they are also planning to go after drug users. Where do you stand, and what do you plan to do when you have no more freedom left?
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Re: Dutch government to ban tourists from cannabis shops [Re: Cognitive_Shift]
#14523794 - 05/27/11 10:12 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Cognitive_Shift said: What does a tourist smoking pot have anything to do with fighting crime and health care?
Absolutely nothing. Much like "think of the children," these are just buzzwords that cast a positive light on the drug war in the eyes of the public. No difference from American politicians whatsoever.
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