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Amsterdam mayor wants different drug policy
06/12/2009

Amsterdam's Mayor Job Cohen wants the government to adopt different drug policies in major cities and border regions.

Amsterdam - Amsterdam's Mayor Job Cohen wants the government to adopt different drug policies in major cities and border regions.

In a letter to Interior Minister Guusje ter Horst, the mayor stresses that Amsterdam differs markedly from borders cities such as Maastricht.

Tourists in the capital, according to the mayor, behave differently from those visiting border areas. In the letter the mayor says:

"Tourists in Amsterdam usually visit the capital for several days and, in addition to many other activities, sometimes also go to a coffeeshop."

Cohen opposes introducing special passes for coffeeshops.

He also dismisses as ineffective a ban on coffeeshops within a 250-metre radius from schools.

The mayor points out that underage youths are not allowed to enter coffeeshops anyway. He also notes that most teenagers usually buy drugs through third parties.

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......i hope this is just good news and not the sweetener before announcing closures....sorry to be negative..... i think this guy may have seen the light,here's hoping

seems like a good man

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Sombrero wrote:Yea he was talking on the local channel AT5 (Amsterdam Television5) that he doesn't see how closing the 43 coffeeshops is gonna change anything. He said that people under 18 already hardly get in the coffeeshops. So hes going to look for another solution on people under 18 getting their weed.

there is no solution to this problem, you can see it on alc, how hard was it to get it when you was under-age?
I dont remember any day we wanted to get alc and werent able to get it somewhere through somebody

Good for him, I hope they can find a solution.

Peace,
Balou

Yes i read about this yesterday,



http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/5501 ... ns___.html

Good for him.

Good for him.

doobydave wrote:Good for him.

Itrs nice to see him setting some boundaries.

He is cool, he always rides on a boat in the gay parade. Cohen also seems to challenge his own party (the PvDA) quite a bit which I like. Apparently, I can vote in the next local elections so he is on my radar.