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Rotterdam to close 27 of 62 coffeeshops!
Posted: Mon 18th Jun 2007 05:06 pm
by codejd
looks like starting January 1st, 2009 rotterdam will close nearly 1/2 of its shops
Rotterdam closes nearly half of its coffeeshops
more on the situation in amsterdam too...
Are Amsterdam’s coffeeshops about to disappear?
sorry if this has been posted before, and sorry to post it at all actually.
Posted: Mon 18th Jun 2007 07:54 pm
by islandgurl
If the coffeeshops ever disappear in Amsterdam so will I and most of the tourists... it's suicide for the city.
Posted: Mon 18th Jun 2007 08:11 pm
by travelling high
It is a nations right to do what they see fit for the people that elect them..It will be tragic if it occurs and if it does i'll just go to Spain
Posted: Tue 19th Jun 2007 07:22 pm
by cheese
that shit sucks.. i really hope amsterdam continues to be the wonderful city that it is
Posted: Tue 19th Jun 2007 11:14 pm
by Prestoned
Fuck it, if it does ever happen we should make an ACD Coffeeshop secretly in some country. Only those who post will know the location
Posted: Thu 21st Jun 2007 10:15 am
by DC
'CLOSE ALL COFFEESHOPS'
Say that and yer gonna get too much of a backlash, but break it down into half a dozen little laws concerning other things and you'll get away with virtually achieving it, without the same amount of hassle. Devide and conquer, they're turning it into little battles to ultimately win the war.
Extinction policy.
Alcohol weed split.
School distance law.
Smoking in the workplace ban.
The fact thet nearly everywhere here is a 4 meter by 25 meter cave is why the 'fish bowl' concept for smokers wont work. Prices for everything will stay the same, visitor numbers will reduce and businesses will drop like flies. Amsterdam claims the title "Stag party capital of the world" (Who else just wants beer and hookers) and the locals sit back wundering where they went wrong.
Posted: Thu 21st Jun 2007 11:56 am
by sh@dy
FUCK THE GOVERMENT
Why is human freedom being kicked in the ass? why.....give me a reason why one shouldnt be able to take whatever drug he wants to.
I dont take things like cocaine or anything, but I dont care if someone else does as long as he doesnt effect others by it
poor world
edit:
why dont the shops in Rotterdam re-open somewhere, where they arent near schools? is it not possible or what?
Posted: Thu 21st Jun 2007 12:58 pm
by DC
Location stuck licenses, comes under the extinction policy umbrella.
Personally, I see drugs as part of the reason it is a 'poor world'. As a drug user that obviously means it goes deeper than the effort I'm prepared to type. But catch me at the end of me shift with an icolator joint sometime and I'll tell ya all about it.
Posted: Thu 21st Jun 2007 05:34 pm
by sh@dy
DC wrote:Location stuck licenses, comes under the extinction policy umbrella.
this is a vicious circle
Posted: Thu 21st Jun 2007 05:37 pm
by geoffk
I hate politics, why can't politicians play fair?
Posted: Fri 25th Apr 2008 12:55 am
by magsbud2000
it would be the end of the world for me if the close the coffee shops in amsterdam
Posted: Fri 25th Apr 2008 04:16 am
by Ash333
since when was tweede kamer 21+? will they actually not serve a 19 year old thats been in before?
Set up your own coalitions before it's too late..
Posted: Mon 4th Aug 2008 06:13 pm
by theman
People of Amsterdam better start new and more powerful coalitions to deal with future 'government' regulations against coffeeshops. As soon as you get these 'right winged' groups in your local government..it's a slow and painful death and hard to come back from.
Need government representation for you needs and views!
See ya!
www.chronic420.com
Posted: Tue 5th Aug 2008 11:42 pm
by greenleaf420
personally i dont give to shits what they do im not gonna lie the only reason i bought a house here is for the coffee shops and such and they disapear i will too