Amsterdam: coffeeshops remain open for tourists 2013 !!

[TeriYaki]

Just read breaking news in a Dutch newspaper:
The mayor from Amsterdam Van der Laan just announced (1st November 2012) in the newspaper "Volkskrant" that coffeeshops will remain open for everybody in 2013.

No tourist ban !!

source:
http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686...e-coffeeshops-blijven-open-voor-toerist.dhtml

Cheers
Piotr

 

[Waldgärtner]

Great News!

 

[spiralofeyes]

Once again dutch pragmatism and of course the all-mighty euro prevail.

 

[southflorida]

good news for sho...but now the politicians will always have a way to keep the coffeeshops on a very short leash.

Better than the wietpass...of course

 

[TeriYaki]

Here an English version from the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/w...pen.html?smid=tw-nytimesworld&seid=auto&_r=1&

Cheers
Piotr

 

[spiralofeyes]

good news for sho...but now the politicians will always have a way to keep the coffeeshops on a very short leash.

Better than the wietpass...of course

The coffeeshops need to be kept on a short leash for the system to work,IMO. The dutch need to be able to show the international community that its a workable solution. If they start working on a legal supply-chain as well,i.e licensed growers that pay taxes and can be kept to certain standards they have a pretty watertight solution.
The backdoor policy leads to violence and a reliable source of income that can be invested into other criminal activities.

 

[southflorida]

The coffeeshops need to be kept on a short leash for the system to work,IMO. The dutch need to be able to show the international community that its a workable solution. If they start working on a legal supply-chain as well,i.e licensed growers that pay taxes and can be kept to certain standards they have a pretty watertight solution.
The backdoor policy leads to violence and a reliable source of income that can be invested into other criminal activities.

that's a good insight

 

[BluEyeDevil]

Just read breaking news in a Dutch newspaper:
The mayor from Amsterdam Van der Laan just announced (1st November 2012) in the newspaper "Volkskrant" that coffeeshops will remain open for everybody in 2013.

No tourist ban !!

source:
http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2686...e-coffeeshops-blijven-open-voor-toerist.dhtml

Cheers
Piotr

Good..
Just sent for my birth certicate..for pass port.
Been checking out airfare,hotels.hopefully late spring ill be in the Dam..

Thanks mayor what's your face..I will gladly spend my $$ in your beautiful city.

 

[Harry Gypsna]

Apparently he's agreed to the under 15% THC rule though...

 

[southflorida]

Apparently he's agreed to the under 15% THC rule though...

just a bone for the un-aware

...how can they enforce that...even if they can't enforce the tobacco ban?

 

[Harry Gypsna]

just a bone for the un-aware

...how can they enforce that...even if they can't enforce the tobacco ban?

Pretty easy to say no hash though isnt it.
It is good news on the whole though

 

[southflorida]

Pretty easy to say no hash though isnt it.
It is good news on the whole though

ice hash you mean? It will be a really tough thing to control since the CS have an inventory that has a HIGH turnover (pun intended...lol)

 

[mr.brunch]

o yes ! best news ! rock on, holland.... you rule!

 

[Harry Gypsna]

just a bone for the un-aware

...how can they enforce that...even if they can't enforce the tobacco ban?

To add to my earlier point, they could enforce it quite easily IF THEY CHOSE TO. Every Coffeeshop gets "raided" regularly. IDs are checked, people are searched for heavy drugs and the inventory is weighed. It would be easy enough to add the taking of samples to be tested, and the shop be closed down if results show over 15%.

 

[Hydrosun]

The coffeeshops need to be kept on a short leash for the system to work,IMO. The dutch need to be able to show the international community that its a workable solution. If they start working on a legal supply-chain as well,i.e licensed growers that pay taxes and can be kept to certain standards they have a pretty watertight solution.
The backdoor policy leads to violence and a reliable source of income that can be invested into other criminal activities.

Apparently he's agreed to the under 15% THC rule though...

If these two posts are true, then this is a further attack and of no real value or truth.

Certain standards v. Criminal activity CAN NOT be under 15%thc for the system and the rest of us in a cage. No person anywhere in the world has the right to say how much THC% a plant may create.

Point a gun at the plant and tell it not to go over 15%, let's see where that gets you.

We could personally limit ourselves to weak thc strains, but why? I'll stay a criminal thank you.

 

[southflorida]

To add to my earlier point, they could enforce it quite easily IF THEY CHOSE TO. Every Coffeeshop gets "raided" regularly. IDs are checked, people are searched for heavy drugs and the inventory is weighed. It would be easy enough to add the taking of samples to be tested, and the shop be closed down if results show over 15%.

they could...and if they will only time will tell...it is always better to be patient and let everything sort itself out.

the Dutch have done pretty well so far in many different income-producing areas...and I'm sure they will not do anything TOO drastic

...but, if we get rock-bottom honest we DON'T KNOW how shit will turn out