I'm from Belgium, and there was indeed a big fuss about Dutch coffee-shops moving closer to the border (I think it's a great idea, but hey). Lately the dutch political attitude towards the coffeeshops has tightened a lot, and all the neighboring countries have also shown they want nothing to do with it. I think it's a shame, since coffeeshops helps keep chill smokers off the streets and it has proven to lower overall criminality. They just don't want to know..
Blowboy Reviewed by Blowboy on . Cannabis cafes to start fingerprinting stoners Mods, I know Im doing a naughty here and it should be in the activism section, but I thought that people need to know about this :) Dutch Pot Shops to Fingerprint Customers TOBY STERLING AP Sunday June 3, 2007 Coffee shops licensed to sell marijuana in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht will begin fingerprinting customers and scanning their IDs this summer to help prove they're following rules governing such sales. In particular, the measures are expected to help stores show Rating: 5