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21/11/200843 Amsterdam coffee-shops to close

The coffee-shops have to go because they are too close to secondary schools in the Dutch capital.

21 November 2008

AMSTERDAM – Forty-three coffee-shops in Amsterdam will have to shut down because of their close proximity to secondary schools.

The owners will receive a letter from the council on Friday informing them they must close their shops before the end of 2011.

Local council rules state that coffee-shops selling cannabis must be at least 250 metres away from the nearest school.

A cannabis summit is held in Almere on Friday where representatives of dozens of local councils will discuss soft drugs policy and the problems with drug tourism.

A number of Belgian mayors from the border region are upset because they have not been invited to attend the summit.

[Radio Netherlands / Expatica]


1 reaction to this article

Mac Wizard posted: 2008-11-21 19:44:34

Couldn't they just close the schools instead? What about my right to get stoned? ;-)

1 reaction to this article

Mac Wizard posted: 2008-11-21 19:44:34

Couldn't they just close the schools instead? What about my right to get stoned? ;-)

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