Do you remember your last visit to Netherlands to smoke marijuana?
I tell you one thing I certainly do remember my trip from the UK to Amsterdam to get an experience of this great city that obviously included smoking some of the best marijuana and hash. My holiday to Amsterdam was so much fun that we booked the trip another two times and had a time of our lives!
This all could change soon as the Dutch government wants to bring in measures that will prevent foreigners from using the famous cannabis cafe shops in an attempt to stop drug tourism.
If the drugs policy (gedoogbeleid) is changed this would effectively stop any non-Dutch visitors from smoking cannabis through members only pass for Dutch locals and the amount of marijuana the shops can buy.
This drugs reform seems to be inline with the changes that the government has made with the reduction of brothel windows in the red light district to clean up the sleazy city into a better tourist destination.
The current turnover from the legal “coffee shop” business is around the £1.6 billion per year and this new policy will definetly have an effect on these traders.
As usual when new laws make certain things illegal for people it opens up new business opportunities for criminals to fill the void and make huge profits. Will the new policy be effective in stopping foreign consumption of marijuana and prevent criminal channels of marijuana distribution appearing?
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