Ganjarishi
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This is unfortunate. I have been through Holland many times and have fond memories of puffing the finest hash on the shores of de Noordzee while munching on chocolate chip buns and some of the freshest fruit I've ever eaten.
Not all hash will be banned, only above 15% THC, but that will be active after 1-1-2013, so in the mean while a lot of things can happen.Last evening there was a very good documentary on Dutch television about the big lie of the police about the 80% export of Dutch cannabis to other countries.Another documentary De Achterdeur The backdoor showed there was an agreement 1998 between 250 growers and the Dutch IRS untill the minister of Finance shut it down and most of those growers were busted thanks to the IRS.
Namaste
Good point! And tourists will pay much more and have to deal with Junkies trying to sell them smack, coke, speed, ecstasy, etc.This means lots of enterprising junkies will be buying in the coffeeshops for the tourists. Lovely. Thanks for that job creation scheme Dutch government.
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3 more days till the southern provinces turn into the wild wild west!
What a sad day that will be.
Belgians fear consequences of new Dutch weed pass
The Belgian authorities fear that the new Dutch 'weed pass' law will lead to an increase in marijuana cultivation in their country. The law prohibits the sale of soft drugs to foreign tourists, and coffeeshops are only allowed to sell marijuana and hashish to Dutch residents if they have a special pass.
The law went into effect today, but it only applies to the south of the Netherlands. It will go into effect in all coffeeshops across the Netherlands in January 1, 2013.
Belgian police believe the new law will lead to the cultivation of marijuana to meet human-grown demand and from foreigners travelling through Belgium. Belgian police today stepped up controls along the Dutch-Belgian border.