The free availability of hash and marijuana attracts a lot of tourists to the Netherlands, but the new Dutch government has plans to prevent them from buying weed. The politicians claim dope-smoking tourists are responsible for higher levels of crime and other social aggravations.
The government wants 'coffeeshops' - where cannabis is sold - to become private clubs, only accessible to adults residing in the Netherlands. The coffeeshop owners suspect that a ban on tourists may be a violation of European law.
For now, foreign tourists are free to buy weed in Amsterdam. Or as one grinning tourist put it: "It's nice to be here because you are free to do what you want, without restriction. That's something you don't have in other places."
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Dope dope dope story. And why would the government want to alienate foreigners?? Big mistake. Cant blame crime on foreigners who come to Holland coz of the freedom. There is crime all over the world where weed is illegal, that is just bull. Let them be
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