Marijuana tourism ban in Amsterdam?
Marijuana sold at a coffee shop in Maastricht, the
Netherlands.
The Dutch government’s
plan to ban pot tourism in the southern Netherlands will no longer take effect
on New Year’s Day. According to the justice ministry, the proposed legislation
has been postponed and will now take effect in May 2012.
The government is seeking
to amend the current law to prevent “coffee shops” from selling cannabis to
foreigners by implementing the use of a “wietpas”, or weed pass, for which only
residents would be eligible. The weed pass is expected to be introduced into the southern
provinces of Limburg, North Brabant and Zeeland on 1 May, and then to the rest
of the country in 2013.
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