Quote Originally Posted by Yikers
but why coffee shops?
holland has had koffiehuis(coffeehouse) for as long as we have been able to drink coffee really. when marijuana was first sold here it was illegal, so to sell it as quitely as possible, they sold it in a koffiehuis so the police wouldn't notice.
when marijuana was decriminalized the koffiehuis owners didn't want to be associated with them, so the marijuana koffiehuis owners changed the name to coffeeshop. :thumbsup: