SvennoJ on 07 November 2016
| cheshirescat said: I want it legal everywhere so it will stem the time of stoners wasting space in my state. |
That was pretty much the only reason to criminalize it again in the Netherlands. People complaining about drug tourism in Amsterdam and the border towns. I left in '02, haven't followed what became of it, yet the struggle was definitely there. Always pressure from other countries to conform, and residents in border towns wanting to get rid of people coming accross the border to get stoned.
Just checked, the weed pass has indeed become a thing in certain provinces. Only available to residents. However Amsterdam still sells to tourists. Now business in border towns are complaining that they're losing customers and illegal drug dealers are a thing again in border towns...
