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Here's my take on this could be a success for all, or just the gov, or no one at all.

Instead of instituting a straight forward "weed pass" for residents... why not institute a "weed pass" for anyone who wants it... Dutch resident or tourist alike.

Bring this system into effect immediately, where citizens register and their passes are valid for 5 years, like a drivers license.

For tourists... the passes are valid for 6 months... and can be renewed every 6 months.

by imposing the system and applying to everyone, the gov would have immediate, more accurate statistics on "drug tourism". It would know how often people make trips for pot, and how often they are likely to return.

It's a win for the gov, they get instant income of the "tourist" and "local" weed passes... they are also to apply laws in the future based on more accurate info and stats.

I see big positive possibility for the Dutch people, their lawmakers, their taxpayers, and their tourists.

Why not make decisions based are hard numbers and data?

How do "TwoCanucks", one factor that i'm sure many people woud be concerned about, would be if the information gathered was made available to other outside agencies. Not sure how relaxed "Canadian" authorities are about the whole cannabis law situation, but from what i have read in posts from "ACDers" who live in the states, i wouldn't be too thrilled about the possibility of havin' my bum 'frisked' everytime i made the return trip back home

To this day, i still have no idea how the "Dutch" authorities are goin' to make this 'weed pass' work, which is the hope i'm clinging to, ...but this is a nation who have large areas of their land below sea level and they seem to be doin' better than old king "Canute".