Laws in Amsterdam?!?!?!

[st0n3r]

i've been talking alot with people from college, smoking buddies and even my dealer i don't know whether it is true or not but i heared about that the dutch government is stopping all tourism in holland just because we go over there smoke cannabis and then leave. what is taht all about? i mean they make loadz of money of us so i think they sud b thankful and also that we are giving there country a good reputation because its a awesome place :) they say now ''you can only purchase a small quanity of cannabis in holland, only if you are that of a dutch citizen''.........but the reason why i made this thread not only because of the question.....but also because they are bringing the law in the beginning of January 2006.........well that's what i've heared.

[Rarrr]

Fuck that. Through the course of history govrnments have always managed to fuck up a good thing. It wouldnt surprise me if this was true

[Pepper]

This rumor is bullshit by a wishful minority. It is propaganda of a policy change that has not and will not happen. Dutch law prevents discrimination against foreigners.

[digweed]

The law will change in January to permit only coffee shops to see weed,no pub can sell weed and spirts/ale.

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

The law will change in January to permit only coffee shops to see weed,no pub can sell weed and spirts/ale.

Fuck the pubs selling it.. go to a pub to drink, go to a coffee shop to toke ;)

[Omni05]

yeah, i believe prohibiting foreigners from using marijuana would hurt their tourism.

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

This rumor is bullshit by a wishful minority. It is propaganda of a policy change that has not and will not happen. Dutch law prevents discrimination against foreigners.

You can always trust the Dutch to not discriminate :D

Mellow, mellow people :rasta:

[Juggalotus17]

My bullshit detector went apeshit when I read that, lol sorry bro. That would be like Florida closing DisneyWorld to all tourists because they only want Florida citizens to enjoy the rides and entertainment.

[anycraic]

yeah thats against eu law to dicriminate against foreigners, so i doubt it

[st0n3r]

thanks u guys, i reli hope that this isn't coming in2 law. i reli wanted 2 go back to amsterdam a few more times at least but now i've got my hopes up again, thanks, u guys r the best ;)

peace.

[somebody someone]

this is true. i saw an article in the news a few months back but no-one here believed me

[robert42]

it wont happen tho.

[Oli]

Even if it was true, and did happen, do you really think there won't be people selling coffeeshop weed to tourists in the RLD or anywhere else?

[st0n3r]

the thing is.....they make TOO much money of the tourist......by all means they can go bankrupt if they want, but not necessarily. i reli dont think so somehow.

[somebody someone]

err they might not quite get bankrupt.. so i do think theyll have that much of a problem with closing it down

[Reefer Rogue]

It's true and it will happen.

[st0n3r]

It's true and it will happen.

u got proof it will happen?

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

u got proof it will happen?

The fact that he said so... lol

[Reefer Rogue]

u got proof it will happen?

You got proof it won't? I've read it in multiple papers.

[st0n3r]

got a internet link?

[Reefer Rogue]

No.

[the last stand]

lmao, i have heard this said EVERY YEAR since i started smoking...by about the third year i didn't believe it any more...

[Reefer Rogue]

Don't ge tme wrong i'm PRAYING it doesn't happen! i wanna go to dam 4 my 18th b-day next year.

[the last stand]

woo! me 2, mines in june, yours?

[snowultra]

this is bullshit. i talk to dealer in amsterdam every week and he said they never heard anything about it. nothing about any laws being passed in january 2006. the sun had an article about a month about not selling to tourists, but i found the sun is a made up newspaper that on the same scale as the onion. he asked every dealer he knew just in case he wasnt he informed and no one ever heard of any of this crap. first its illegal to not sell anything to members of the european union. they could only stop selling to americans if this wasnt bullshit. or anyone outside the european union. second this will never happen because holland would recieve a 10 to 20 percent unemployment rate. which would cause an uprise among all its citazens.

[Stoner Shadow Wolf]

duuuude. i am no tourist. i go to amsterdam, you wont see me anywhere else ever again.

[the last stand]

/\ are you canadian?

[Stoner Shadow Wolf]

im not... im human.


im not american, im not german, im not english, nor am i italian. i am human :P


i live in the US though :D

[st0n3r]

ur an idiot :P haha. only messing dude, well some very very good news i may b going to amsterdam in TWO WEEKS time with my brother and my dealer (hes been my bros best m8 for a good 10 years) how cool :D

[Reefer Rogue]

woo! me 2, mines in june, yours?

October 12th.

[st0n3r]

5th december beat u all.........and i'm going 2 a'dam 4th december, even better :D

[the last stand]

nice, have fun mate, goin by train? it's sooo cheap, 50 return from norwich station, and i live 5mins from there...

[st0n3r]

hahaha class m8, i go 2 CCN. and yeh im going by train/ferry. bring abit back with me 2.

[the last stand]

innit mate, stash it in the fuckin train toilets then pick it up when you get off the train! biggup the norfolk posse!

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

5th december beat u all.........and i'm going 2 a'dam 4th december, even better :D

Beat you!

My b'days 3rd December!! :D

How old will you be? I'll be 17 :)

[st0n3r]

nah the good thing bout going by train...well go by train they dont have security. and then by ferry they only search your bag :) hehe

ATL crew ennit m8 haha......did u hear bout roll deep, they got in2 a fight with the ATL boys, and sum1 pulled out a gun lol. dont think they shot ne1 tho.

[st0n3r]

18th baby :D

[radioned]

13. Newsbrief: Dutch Coffee Shops Facing Pressure, Greater Controls
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/378/dutchshops.shtml

For the past three decades, Amsterdam has been Mecca for marijuana connoisseurs and advocates of regulated cannabis sales and use. Since 1975, the Dutch government has pragmatically allowed so-called coffee shops to sell marijuana to adults even though Dutch law continues to make cannabis sales illegal. But that may be changing -- or it may not.

The conservative Dutch government of Prime Minister Jan Van Balkenende was congratulated last week by the International Narcotics Control Board for making a "crucial and significant change in its policy on cannabis." The Dutch government has promised to crack down on marijuana tourism, street dealing, pot growing, and the coffee shops, the United Nations anti-drug agency noted in its annual report. "The Dutch government notes that coffee shops may discredit the drug policy of the country in general."

"They now say for the first time that cannabis is not harmless and that coffee shops are not blameless," said INCB head Hamid Ghodse.

According to the British newspaper the Independent, citing a "leading drug specialist" and a "government advisor," coffee shops in Holland could be extinct within five years. The number of coffee shops has already declined by half, down from a peak of 1,500 to only 750 now.

The conservative Dutch government has already introduced a pilot project in Limburg that bans foreigners from buying cannabis in coffee shops. Belgians and Germans have flocked to the border region for years to score good weed before returning to their own, more repressive, countries. Similarly, the Independent reported, the government is studying strong varieties of cannabis, which could well result in their being banned. Also, the police are cracking down on home growers.

"The changes have been brought about by the influence of the Yankees, the United States, Brussels and the European Union," said August de Loor, an independent drug policy advisor to the government. "The Dutch approach is usually very pragmatic, but in the past four years things have started to change and there is a more conservative approach. The control of coffee shops has become much more strict. The police are checking up on them more and there is much more strict interpretation of the rules. More and more mayors are banning coffee shops from their cities. I think in four or five years' time there will be no more coffee shops left in amsterdam

[the last stand]

lmao, fuckin ATL, lol

i went to rodney P and Skits, that was pretty gangsta...

[st0n3r]

damm i h8 the sound of that post, but if the laws have been around since 1975, then theres nothing wring for them being around for another 30 years.

[st0n3r]

lmao, fuckin ATL, lol

i went to rodney P and Skits, that was pretty gangsta...

i do abit of dealing a college, i know most of the dealers ....

[Stoner Shadow Wolf]

c'mon really! i need to get to Amsterdam!!!

[the last stand]

lol, mate, you're dealin with the dick crew, lol, and they probably won't like you puttin their names on the internet....

[st0n3r]

edited :P suda actually fort of that b4 i put it up there tbh, but like they ever go on the boards. u think there dicks, i think MC is alright, proper friendly, but they always bump u off liek i bought a teenie and it only weighed like 1.3/1.4g...thats y i make so many customers cuz idnt bump ppl.

[the last stand]

innit mate, thats what you want...and proper nice weed too...i sell a bit, but i'm increadibly low-low...

[st0n3r]

dont u know any1 who sells in norwich, ive got load of contacts so if u want me 2 sort u out any then feel free 2 ask.

[the last stand]

nah, i got contacts, but i bring my weed into norwich, if ya get me...

[st0n3r]

ahhh fair play :) cant w8 2 go back 2 amsterdam, i went in september, one of the best times of my life, my god less than 2 weeks :D

[the last stand]

good shit, have fun!