amsterdam-drugs legal or not?

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Prussian to the Iron 22:09 06-15-2009

i remember reading something about a drug ban in holland, and was wondering the extent of it/ if it is true.

please only reply if you live in amsterdam/holland currently

Kadagar_AV 22:12 06-15-2009

Was no problem 2 weeks ago :)

Hooahguy 22:20 06-15-2009

backroom

Lemur 22:42 06-15-2009

Yup.

Hax 23:01 06-15-2009

It is legal to buy weed. Certain types of mushrooms were forbidden, they are called paddo's in Dutch (from the word "paddestoel", which means mushroom)

You can use weed:

-At home
-At certain designated places (in cannabis coffee shops, as they are called)

Beskar 23:31 06-15-2009

I heard that is is actually illegal, but the authorities don't actually prosecute. That is being the difference.

In Portugal, it is actually legal.

Kralizec 11:19 06-23-2009

I can't say that I'm a fan of the current drugs policy. Cannabis should be legalised entirely.

On a national level, the justice system won't prosecute owners of "coffeeshops" provided that they don't have an inventory exceeding 500 grams. So far so good. But on the local level, mayors often refuse to allow coffeeshops for concerns of "public order".
In Terneuzen, a town near the border with Belgium, they had the marvelous idea of only allowing two of them as that would certainly do away with all the problems associated with drug tourism. Result: the demand for the stuff didn't drop whatsoever and the two existing shops had to expand to keep up. When the police noticed that one of them had more than 500 grams under the counter the owner was arrested.

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