Coffeeshop (Netherlands)

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In the Netherlands, coffeeshops is a marijuana company for personal consumption by the public to be tolerated by local authorities.

Under the drug policy in the Netherlands, the sale of cannabis products in small quantities is permitted by the coffeeshops license . The majority also serves drinks and food. Coffeeshops are not allowed to serve alcohol or other drugs, and risk closure if they are found to be selling soft medicines for minors, hard drugs or selling alcohol. The idea of ​​licensing the sale of cannabis was introduced in the 1970s for the explicit purpose of keeping hard and soft drugs separated.

In the Netherlands, 105 out of 443 municipalities have at least one coffeeshop .

A Dutch judge has ruled that tourists are legally banned from entering a marijuana cafe, as part of a restriction imposed in 2012. The city council may choose whether to impose this ban or not.

This prohibition is only applied by some municipalities in the south of the Netherlands.

The city council in Maastricht allows travelers to visit coffeeshops, but all but one have made voluntary agreements to only allow locals, locals are defined as anyone who lives within a radius of 150 km (local people from Belgium and Germany are still allowed). The ban is not enforced in the city of Amsterdam and most others in the Netherlands.

A Dutch coffee shop does not serve marijuana called cafà ©  © , although this word can also refer to a bar.

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Coffeeshop hukum

In the Netherlands, the sale of marijuana is "illegal, but not punishable", so the law is not enforced in companies that follow this national rule:

• No ads
• There are no drug sales at this place
• No sales to anyone under the age of 18
• No more than five gram quantity sales
• No public disturbance

For some violations, businesses may be forced to close for three to six months; for others, the business can be permanently closed. All these rules are detailed in the official policy.

Coffeeshops are no longer allowed to sell alcohol. Most coffeeshops advertise, and the limit is more moderate than direct ban. In a technically necessary attitude of wisdom, many coffeeshops keep the cannabis menu under the table, even when marijuana itself is in ordinary view more or less. Dutch coffeeshops often fly the green-yellow-red flag of Ethiopia, another symbol of the Rastafari movement, or the portrayal of palm leaves to show that they sell marijuana, as a consequence of the official ban on direct advertising. This aesthetics attracts many public artists who may be paid to create mural on coffeeshops and use Rastafari and reggae related images.

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Backdoor policy

There is an ongoing contradiction, since coffeeshop is allowed to buy and sell marijuana within legally tolerable limits, but its suppliers are not allowed to plant or import it, or to sell it to coffeeshop: "The front door opens, but the back door is illegal." There are proposals to address this situation (starting January 2006), for example by controlling marijuana to replace imports. One of his supporters is Gerd Leers, Minister of Immigration and Asylum Affairs, who, while in the national parliament, supports further criminalization of marijuana, in accordance with his party's policy, CDA, which is the strongest opponent of drugs. Dutch policy. When confronted with practical difficulties when he became mayor (and consequently the police chief) he changed his mind and even became the most famous lawyer against illegality at the back door, which took a disproportionate amount of time and money for the police, in tracking (mostly indoor).

Wiettop

In 2008, Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten (VNG, the Dutch municipal organization) organized a wiettop ("weed summit", a play of words on the top of a flower marijuana made from), attended by 33 Dutch mayors from cities and towns and various political parties. The reason for the summit is drug tourism in the border areas (mayor Roosendaal and Bergen op Zoom have just announced their intention to close all coffeeshops), strong links with illegality (including money laundering through coffeeshops ) and the difference between various municipal policies. On this wiettop, all the mayors agree that the 'back door' rule is desirable. Rob van Gijzel, mayor of Eindhoven announced that he intends to start a 'pilot monitored' to issue licenses for marijuana production. But near the border, the front door should also be (better) arranged, prohibiting sales to foreigners. It will also greatly reduce the demand in the backdoor. The intention is to discuss the results of Wiettop with the national government before the end of 2008. In 2014, this discussion is still ongoing. The majority of mayors and users have expanded the desire to allow some form of arrangement, legal, cultivation to be sold to coffeeshops because this will lower the crime/violence rate, resolve backdoor issues and may generate some revenue. However, liberal minister Ivo Opstelten has blocked such proposals so far and refused to investigate them at all. The mayor is still trying to force the minister to at least investigate the situation and allow the pilot to do.

Survey

In a survey among mayors by NRC Handelsblad during Wiettop (with 60% responses) 80% of the mayors supported 'backdoor set' (ie making it legal). However, only 18% who support make the market for soft medicines absolutely free. 22% support the reduction of the number of coffeeshops and 10% want to close everything. Strikingly, this has nothing to do with the views of their political party, from which NRC Handelsblad concludes that it is based on practical rather than ideological considerations.

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Distance from school

In 2008, the Dutch government decided that the coffeeshops were no longer allowed within a 250m school radius. In Amsterdam, this meant closure of 43 coffeeshops (in previous years the number had decreased from 350 to 228). Mayor Job Cohen prefers no change but obeys reluctantly. He pointed out that coffeeshops is not allowed to be sold to customers under the age of 18, so his policy will have little effect.

Toward the end of 2013, Amsterdam mayor Eberhard van der Laan said that by 2014, some near close schools will be forced to close. There is some discussion about whether they should be completely closed or just during school hours, able to do business after 18:00 and on weekends, whether this becomes legal.

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Drug tour

Each municipality has a policy of coffeeshop . Some do not allow; most of these municipalities are controlled by strict Protestant sides, or bordering Belgium and Germany and do not wish to receive "drug tours" from those countries. A March 19, 2005 article in the Observer noted that the number of Dutch cannabis coffeeshops had dropped from 1,500 to 750 over the previous five years, largely due to pressure from conservative coalition governments. The "no growth" policy of many cities in the Netherlands affects new permissions. This policy is slowly reducing the number of coffeeshops , because no one can open a new one after closing. Most municipalities have established certain zones (eg around schools and high schools) where coffeeshops are not allowed, which may be from a hundred meters to several kilometers.

The Terneuzen municipality has installed road signs indicating the way to coffeeshops and decided to restrict regional regulations for marijuana starting May 2009. In Maastricht, coffeeshops are banned for foreign tourists. A controversial move to introduce the wietpas (Dutch) or "weed-pass" membership system - mainly driven by Christian political parties within the Dutch coalition government - has been proposed; this permit will limit the sale of marijuana to Dutch residents only by membership card. The ban for foreign tourists begins in the three southern provinces on May 1, and will be nationally launched by the end of 2012. Despite strong protests from coffeeshop owners, judges in the Netherlands have upheld the new law. to ban foreign tourists entering marijuana cafes. The lawyer representing the coffeeshop owner has promised to appeal the decision, and protests continue. Municipalities have some form of control, eg coffeeshops in the city of Amsterdam still sold to foreigners without discrimination or additional demands/constraints.

Smoking in this place

Smoking joints are common in cannabis [coffeeshops] . Since July 1, 2008 there has been a ban on tobacco smoking in the Netherlands which prohibits tobacco smoking in all hotels, restaurants and cafes. Therefore, it is now illegal to smoke joints containing tobacco in coffeeshops . Although bongs and pure cannabis joints can still be smoked in the room, smoking tobacco or tobacco-containing joints is only allowed in separate smoking rooms. Most coffeeshops still sell mixtures of joints/spliffs, those with tobacco mixed with marijuana, and have made customers smoke in rooms upstairs or downstairs.

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Famous Coffeeshops

• Coffeeshop checkpoint
• Yellow coffeeshop Coffee

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See also

• Legacy of cannabis
• Smartshop
• Disposable chemicals

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References

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External links

• Map all open coffeeshops in the center of Amsterdam
• New Rules, Non-Drug website explains new rules for selling cannabis in the Netherlands in four languages ​​
• Map of most coffeeshops in Amsterdam

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