Netherlands seeks to stub out 'cannabis tourism'

[Quetzal]

Netherlands seeks to stub out 'cannabis tourism'

It's last orders for foreigners at Dutch coffee shops as the government Friday decided to curb “drugs tourism” and sharpen cannabis policies amid European pressure.

A trial will start soon in the southern town of Maastricht, just across the border with both Germany and Belgium, where the sale of soft drugs to foreigners will be banned.

“We want to end all aspects of drugs tourism, the fact that people come to the Netherlands to use soft drugs or to take them home,” said Justice Ministry spokesman Wim Kok.

The liberal Dutch laws on soft drugs, whose use is not allowed but condoned in a tacit acknowledgment that there are insufficient police to arrest all offenders, have been a thorn in the side to more law-and-order-oriented European countries.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4836882/

[MrSlayer]

1. Sure, ruin the one good thing you have.

Everyone should have Amsterdam's policies, from prostitution to pot they have the right idea.

[jonnyblitz]

2. here we go.

shit.:(

[robertpaulsen]

3. The link doesn't work.

I'm praying this story is not true. It's seriously the most depressing thing I've heard all day. I just went to Amsterdam in January with my Dad. I'm Democrat and he's Republican, but one thing we were able to bond over was that those coffeeshops were the best. If they close, freedom is a dead concept.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

4. BOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK, I'm done. Moving on now.

[Failure]

5. GOD DAMMIT!

I'm going to be in Amsterdam in July!


Conservative Fockers.


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