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Tourist Ban On Dutch Coffeeshops To Start In May, 2012

Tourist Ban On Dutch Coffeeshops To Start In May, 2012
Friday 16 December 2011

New legislation to ban non-Dutch residents from coffeeshops in the south of The  Netherlands should be enforced no later than May 1 next year, the Dutch justice ministry said yesterday. "The law will be amended on January 1, but there will be a kind of grace period until May 1," ministry spokeswoman Charlotte Menten said. The new law will go into effect in the rest of the country, including Amsterdam, in 2013. The Bastards.

Dutch Government Repeats: Weed-pass Will Be Introduced

Dutch Government Repeats: Weed-pass WIll Be Introduced
Saturday 28 May 2011

Coffeeshops in The Netherlands are having a hard time at the moment. The current government already declared war to cannabis some time ago, yesterday they repeated that message. This year already the so-called weed-pass will be introduced in the south of The Netherlands and soon Amsterdam and the rest of the country will follow. If this will happen we can say goodbye to good old Amsterdam as we all know it. I don't get it. And I don't buy it either by the way. Somehow I feel they can only talk the talk...

EU Court backs tourist ban for Dutch coffeeshops

EU Court backs tourist ban for Dutch coffeeshops
Thursday 16 December 2010

*BAD NEWS* 
The new Dutch government wants to make coffeeshops for Dutch people only by introducing so-called 'weed passes'. They work with these passes already for a while in a few cities in the south of the Netherlands, but now the government wants to extend this system nationwide and they're going at it at full speed. This means that Amsterdam will lose one of its biggest tourist attractions: the coffeeshop. A coffeeshop owner from Maastricht went to European Court, arguing that this policy breached EU laws on free movement of goods and services. Today the European court decided the Dutch government deals within its rights to introduce those passes. That's a green light for the Dutch government and a black day for all of us. Here the opinion from the mayor of Amsterdam who actually does understand how it works.
 

P.S. If you want to make some money at the Black Market in the future, you need to be real quick. I just heard that all Dutch streetdealers are fighting already for the good spots in Amsterdam... [/wink]

Coffeeshops in Amsterdam for locals only?

Coffeeshops in Amsterdam for locals only?
Friday 19 November 2010

If the new government of The Netherlands gets its way, coffeeshops will be for locals only in the future. Can't believe it? Keep dreaming... Not kiddin', the plans are there and they're pretty serious about it. RIP Amsterdam as we know it. Today the mayor of Amsterdam made it pretty clear he's strongly against this idea. Go Eberhard! (Dutch link). If it helps, I don't know. But anyway, not necessary to completely freak out yet. Besides a large opposition, it will also take a lot of time to realise such a plan. My hope is: I can't believe this government will be in office for the whole 4 years, so with some luck they will simply not have enough time to finish the job.

Request: First joint or bowl you smoke, please dedicate it to Amsterdam. The city needs it... Thanks.

# Of coffeeshops in The Netherlands is dropping

# of coffeeshops in The Netherlands is dropping
Tuesday 16 November 2010

In 2007 there were about 702 coffeeshops in The Netherlands. This number dropped to 666 coffeeshops in 2009 (approx. 1/3 of them are located in Amsterdam). What brings the future?

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