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A coffeeshop, a safe and friendly environment where I could buy good quality, be advised on strength, and smoke in safety.

If this ban comes into effect, I guess I and others will be the targets of street drug dealers again, dealers that often may offer hard drugs too.

So Dutch streets will see more drug dealers - Dutch economy will see less income - drugs will be associated with crime again.

It seems to me that this proposed ban is just a jobs-creation scheme for street dealers