Dutch coffee shops fear coalition crackdown
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From reading the article, new licensing laws could mean the famed coffee shops in Amsterdam will become private clubs, which would mean no tourists allowed.
"Just a few miles from the border with Belgium, by 2007 it had become a centre for drug tourists with 12,000 arriving every week. This in an area with a population of just 10,000.
The council had thought the problem arose from unlicensed "selling points". But research from 2008 revealed that 90% of the drugs tourists were in fact simply coming for the regulated coffee shops. The solution was simple - close them all down. "-BBC
The articles goes on to explain the police crack down on the coffee shop supplies, with some shop owners being arrested on their way to work. At the start one owner explained losing tourist wouldn't end his business but it could cost a number of jobs.
"Just a few miles from the border with Belgium, by 2007 it had become a centre for drug tourists with 12,000 arriving every week. This in an area with a population of just 10,000.
The council had thought the problem arose from unlicensed "selling points". But research from 2008 revealed that 90% of the drugs tourists were in fact simply coming for the regulated coffee shops. The solution was simple - close them all down. "-BBC
The articles goes on to explain the police crack down on the coffee shop supplies, with some shop owners being arrested on their way to work. At the start one owner explained losing tourist wouldn't end his business but it could cost a number of jobs.
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