Dutch Coffeeshops Refute Smoking Ban
Smoking Cannabis is Here to Stay
Coffee shops first opened in the 1970's in Amsterdam and have been drawing tourists ever since. Whilst soft drugs are banned in the Netherlands there is a policy of "tolerence" which allows citizens or tourists to carry 5g of cannibis on their person. Government-regulated coffee shops sell cannibis and regularly have stocks of up to 500g in situ. Today, there are more that 700 coffee shops in the Netherlands some which resemble drive-in's, these would automatically not be effected by the new legislation.
Some citizens of the Netherlands are quoting that their "freedom is being breached" with the introduction of the smoking ban and feel that if people want to smoke, then they should be allowed to smoke. Their argument continues "If bar or coffee shop owners do not like people smoking cannabis on the premises
then they should ban it. However, an overall ban is a breach of the rights and freedoms of the people. Of course, there are people who want to ban everything however the bottom line is, just because their morals say it's wrong, doesn't mean your morals should intefere with the lives of others."
A 50 year old coffee shop owner Mr Veling added "it is ridiculous to thing that a smoking ban would be the end of coffee shops". His clientele, who have frequented his coffee shop to buy or inhale cannabis are flexible enough to find a way around this smoking ban. He continues, " you can bring parsley or old socks if you want, cut them here and smoke them, nobody will say anything." Mr Veling further states that "nearly all of our American customers use pipes, or the volcano anyway". The volcano or vaporizer heats cannabis to release vapors of THC which then channels this into a long transparent baloon. You then release the vapors into your lungs which Mr Veling states "makes cannabis consumption cheaper."
Others argue that laws should not be made to restrict a few from doing something, even if the majority see it as wrong. In the case of the ban of smoking cannabis in the coffee shops the majority are against the introduction of this new legislation. It will be interesting to see the outcome of this ongoing debate. The reasons behind banning smoking in the Netherlands is due to the dangers of inhaling second-hand smoke. I think, in the end, it boils down to how many people stand up for their beliefs and if the Dutch Government back this legislation. Watch this space.
Published by f.w.
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you go to acoffee shop to smoke yes.... so if u dnt smoke u wudnt really go there unless u wanted to??? well there is ur answer leave us be!!
I hope the dutch government understand how much 1 billion euro's every year helps their country. I hope the lose of this will make them realise that yes a ban is good for people that dont smoke, but people who dont smoke shouldnt go into coffeeshops and they continue to allow smoking in coffeeshops
i,ve seen other similar articles from 2003 saying that the ban would start in 2005 but it didn't. they just do this to up tourism
non smokers go to coffee shops just like aguaphobics go to a swimming pool. This is just more off those sensless debates that go on in the US like I burnt my hand because I picked up coffee and it was hot.
I hope they dont let this bill through parliament
good article. I hope the coffee shop owners get their way and smoking stays legal. thanks for sharing!
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