amsterdam new weed laws??
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Let me shed some background information on this. The south of the Netherlands has known for decades a lot of drug tourism from Belgium, France and Germany. This has caused and keeps causing problems in cities where these coffee shops are. Besides, owning marihuana and hash in those countries is still criminalized. For years border communities have tried to come up with ways of dealing with these "tourists". This seems to be the most plausible way. These border communities are the loudest voices in the call for these new rules.
If you ask me, though. It'll just create an underground dealer network all over again. Catering to foreigners. Local people with passes can easily get access to the stuff and - of course - sell it again for €€€. It just shifts the problem elsewhere.