Jun
18
Amsterdam coffee shops say tobacco ban is blow to business
“The Netherlands’ famous coffee shops, where marijuana is available over the counter, face the threat of extinction when the country goes smoke-free on 1 July.
Smoking dope is the raison d’être of the cafes which are scattered across the country, with the greatest and most famous concentration in Amsterdam. But when the tobacco ban comes in, the coffee shops will not be exempt.
This will lead to the paradoxical situation that only pure grass or cannabis resin, which are not covered by the ban, can be legally smoked in the shops.”