DST
Well-Known Member
At the moment the now defunct Dutch government managed to push through a ruling that means Coffeeshops will not be able to sell to people who are not Dutch citizens. I am not 100% clear on the exact wording of who is classed as a Citizen, but I have a Unlimited Residency permit and I am not even sure that this will enable me to buy in coffeeshops.
Okay, so this is the law. In reality the South of the Netherlands has introduced this as a trial and basically ALL of the coffeeshops have closed their doors as they did not want to comply with the way things worked, ie providing Memberships, Information of members, etc, and then only having a ltd number of customers allowed, and only allowed to sell a ltd amount to these people. So in Maastricht, Limburg, and Brabant (I think) there are no shops open.
The Dutch people do not want this either as it means that if they are on a list, then it has possible implications for Health insurance premiums, car insurance, etc, etc. It also means that you can only register in one shop and buy from that shop.
I spoke to a guy yesterday who comes up to Amsterdam to buy and he said a friend of his was stopped by police (I think because his bike lights were not working) And they ended up taking his weed(under 5 grams which use to be allowed).
It is supposed to go country wide next year but there are elections coming up this year and hopefully a new more Leftist govt will be put in power and these utterly stupid laws will be crushed. The guy I spoke to said he can go to Uni in the morning and have a van of Moroccans pull up to him and offer him hash. There are loads of people on the streets trying to punt crap already and giving people a hard time for not buying off them. It's honestly madness. I really do not see what the government were trying to do. Basically it's almost lie, "well we have fucked the economy just like every other European country, so we are at least going to try and do something to change things while we are in power...." They defunct government were basically Right wing religious pratts that want everyone to stop with their Leftist behavior of smoking and drinking.
Okay, so this is the law. In reality the South of the Netherlands has introduced this as a trial and basically ALL of the coffeeshops have closed their doors as they did not want to comply with the way things worked, ie providing Memberships, Information of members, etc, and then only having a ltd number of customers allowed, and only allowed to sell a ltd amount to these people. So in Maastricht, Limburg, and Brabant (I think) there are no shops open.
The Dutch people do not want this either as it means that if they are on a list, then it has possible implications for Health insurance premiums, car insurance, etc, etc. It also means that you can only register in one shop and buy from that shop.
I spoke to a guy yesterday who comes up to Amsterdam to buy and he said a friend of his was stopped by police (I think because his bike lights were not working) And they ended up taking his weed(under 5 grams which use to be allowed).
It is supposed to go country wide next year but there are elections coming up this year and hopefully a new more Leftist govt will be put in power and these utterly stupid laws will be crushed. The guy I spoke to said he can go to Uni in the morning and have a van of Moroccans pull up to him and offer him hash. There are loads of people on the streets trying to punt crap already and giving people a hard time for not buying off them. It's honestly madness. I really do not see what the government were trying to do. Basically it's almost lie, "well we have fucked the economy just like every other European country, so we are at least going to try and do something to change things while we are in power...." They defunct government were basically Right wing religious pratts that want everyone to stop with their Leftist behavior of smoking and drinking.