Banning tourists from smoking marijuana in amsterdam?

What do you think of that?
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The Dutch government said on Wednesday it wanted to ban tourists from buying cannabis in “coffee shops,” where hash is on sale legally, as part of a national crackdown on drug use.
The Netherlands has one of Europe’s most liberal soft drug policies and its coffee shops are a popular tourist attraction, especially in Amsterdam and border cities near Belgium and Germany.
But some cities near the border with Belgium have clamped down on drug tourism, and the Dutch minister for security and justice confirmed on Wednesday a wider crackdown after coalition parties agreed to push for a ban in September.
The government, which took office last month, has agreed to limit the sale of cannabis to Dutch residents to curb crime linked to its production and trading.

“No tourist attractions. We don’t like that,” the minister, Ivo Opstelten, told public broadcaster NOS on Wednesday.
“The heart of the problem is crime and disturbances surrounding the sale. We have to go back to what it was meant for: local use for those who would like it.”
Amsterdam, home to 223 coffee shops, is already in the process of closing some in the red light district to tackle criminal activity in the area, and was studying the government proposal.
“We are taking the current practice as a starting point. It is not perfect but in many ways we have a functioning coffee shop system,” an Amsterdamcity spokesman said.
The government’s plans for a tourist ban, whereby only holders of a resident’s pass would be allowed to buy hash, has not yet been formally put into law and no timeframe has been proposed.
The possession of up to 5 grams (0.18 oz) of cannabis or hash is allowed in the Netherlands but large-scale production and transport is a crime.
Some Dutch border towns such as Maastricht and Terneuzen have already restricted the sale of marijuana to foreigners to limit crime and disturbances such as traffic jams.
The advocate-general of the European Court of Justice advised in July that Maastricht had the right to refuse foreigners entry to its coffee shops, giving support to the Dutch government’s nationwide ban if the court followed the advice.

 

Purchasing ≠ Smoking

FUCK THOUGH

 

Isn't that the MAIN attraction of Amsterdam..?

 

Yes it is, It's going to be a downfall of ANOTHER economy.

 

I'm confused what you mean by that, care to explain?

 

They'll completely dash their revenue from tourism if that happens...People will choose to go to Uzbekistan or something where nobody gives a shit about anything except killing government officials

 

Indeed. You can still get some good green from the locals.

 

Ahh true.
And blupig, I can see what you mean.
It'll be bad if they go through with this.

 

Hi Ville. Missed you. Get into any brutal fights lately?

 

Not really, just some wrestling with the gestapo :3

 

I believe the main attractive are the whorehouses not the actual marijuana smoking.
Amsterdam's built on garbage anyways(literally lol)

 

I don't think so. You can party in Amsterdam without coffee shops :3

 

This is silly. I suppose they should expect any tourism industry revenue to decrease then.

 

Their choice if they want to kill tourism, they can say goodbye to a lot of primary and secondary jobs while they're at it.

 

The Dutch isn't all about coffee shops, can't you get it? ._.

 

Lol, good fight 90% of Amsterdam's tourism revenue.

 

Maybe what amsterdam is known for.. But, I agree with the minister. Stop.

 

thats bull. thats what amsterdam is for. thats lame.

 

all you who say thats what Amsterdam is for need to stop. you can smoke weed anywhere, you don't even have to leave your living room. I'm sooo sure everyone goes to Amsterdam just to smoke. It's not like we all can't just look in our phone book and call someone up right now for a fat ounce without all the unnecessary traveling.

 

Thats crazy it would be hard to inforce who is a resident and who is a tourist so i doubt it actually ever happens.