The Dutch outlaw tobacco smoking in coffeeshops.

[EasyBakeIndica]

No Dutch smoking...except for cannabis

http://www.amsterdamheadshop.com/joint5.jpg
Does this mean the end of 'The Dutch Spliff'?
Will glass pipes become more popular in Amsterdam?



By Bruno Waterfield in Brussels
Last Updated: 1:19am GMT 28/03/2008
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/28/wsmoke128.xml

Cannabis will be exempt from a Dutch smoking ban that comes into force in two months.
Restrictions on smokers in cafes and restaurants will not apply as long as cannabis is consumed neat, without tobacco. The exemption follows fears that many of Amsterdam's lucrative "coffee shops" would be forced to close if soft drug users had to smoke elsewhere.
Liberal Dutch policies, introduced in 1972, on the sale and use of cannabis have generated a trade valued at more than £3 billion a year.
The coffee shops, which draw millions of tourists each year, allow users to buy cannabis over the counter and smoke it without fear of arrest.

[Bubbleman]

well i gotta say it sucks that the dutch are trying soo hard to close coffee shops, with the removal of smoking tobacco and the choice of selling only beer or herb. But i gotta admit also, I LOVE IT>
fuck booze and tobacco. they have no place in my coffee shop dream. I mean one of the worst things about amsterdam in the past, has been the incredible amount of toxic radioactive tobacco smoke, are these people really that clueless?
well hip hip hooray, for no smoking in the coffee shops.
I will actualy be going back one day soon, and won't have to cringe when i walk thru the door to meet up with some friends.


Bubble man

[Sinfuldreams]

I agree BM.

Seems aimed at the Dutch them selves rather than tourists, since most North Americans wouldn't roll a joint with tobacco anyway.

Sin