Court upholds ban on tourists buying drugs

[Oz]

A controversial law that will make it harder for foreign tourists to buy cannabis at the Netherlands' famous coffee shops has been upheld by a Dutch court.

The law, which reverses 40 years of liberal drugs policy in the Netherlands, is targeted at the many foreigners who have come to see the country as a soft drugs paradise and to tackle a rise in crime related to the drug trade.

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Fourteen coffee shop owners and several pressure groups challenged the law in the courts, saying they should not be asked to discriminate between locals and non-locals.

A lawyer for the coffee shop owners said they would appeal.

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Date: April 27, 2012 23:27:16

Source: http://www.abc.net.a...annabis/3977618

[Samurai]

cheers Oz

2 days before i turn up ..hahhaaaha,it will never stick...what would they prefer ,"non-locals" buy cannabis from the street..funding those "drug trades"

 

or buy from a shop ..witch are regulated,taxed,and im sure the peeps comin over, only for the canna experiance...spend just as much in accomadation,food,and tours...

 

It does not concern me at all ...every little scrap of canna iv have ever bought ...has been from the black market...

so makes no difference to me..i can go there and follow rules or i can go there and break them...thats my choice...or rather the choice iv been given..

 

it will never stand on the discriminatation alone....

[everest]

i'd like to see them try and enforce that law

 

ev

[iTiC]

needless to say, Ill take that one off the list, pitty!

[andrewb]

sad, my wife is half dutch. i hope she will be able to score for me ?!

[Devilspine]

Worst thing possible for the Dutch economy..it won't last long

[bluntman_77]

the law doesnt come into effect nationwide until later this year and the dutch conservative government collapsed last week with new elections to be held

 

theres also multiple levels of appeals in process so it isnt over yet