People didn't want that at all — some stayed away completely, others started buying on the street. Within a day, I went from hundreds of customers to only three. Lisa Lankes, who owns the coffeeshop Pink in Eindhoven, in North Brabant, is still angry about it: "About 8 to 9 percent of our customer base came from Belgium; there were no big problems here, but we were still forced to implement the pass. It didn't take long to conclude that the weed pass was a complete bust.
Both locals and tourists were avoiding coffeeshops, which opened up a new market for drug dealers. Before long, hash, cocaine, weed and pills were available on street corners in Brabant and Limburg. On a national level, the project to combat "public nuisance and criminal behaviour" had so much political prestige attached to it that Ivo Opstelten, then-Secretary of Security and Justice, headed to Maastricht with cameras in tow to get a firsthand look at how the weed pass was functioning.
When he arrived, he saw that his new rules had created a mess, so decided to do away with the weed pass and introduce the "inhabitant criterium" — allowing only those who can prove they're residents of the Netherlands to buy weed. Locals, international students and expats were welcome, while tourists would be banned. A trial run of this new idea would start in towns along the border, and afterwards the new policy was to be rolled out nationwide.
Meanwhile, international media reported that Amsterdam would soon be shutting the doors of its famous coffeeshops to tourists — just like the government had planned. However, it never got to that point, because Eberhard van der Laan, then-mayor of Amsterdam, made a deal with the Secretary of Justice.
In return, dozens of coffeeshops near schools were closed, to prove the mayor was taking issues around drugs seriously. Belgian Mayor Vos was very happy with the outcome. The policy of tolerance has failed. Cities in the Netherlands' border provinces that have the i-criterium for "coffee shops" in red, and some examples of towns where tourists are welcome to buy weed in green. Illustration by Dymphie Huijssen. These days, Dutch municipalities can decide for themselves if they want to uphold the ingezetenencriterium — or "i-criterium" — and bar tourists from their coffeeshops.
In Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Groningen, tourists are welcome, while in Brabant and Limburg the rules differ in every town. As the name suggests, you can order coffee here, but premises are not allowed to sell alcoholic drinks or any other drugs.
Tobacco has also been banned in coffee shops since April , except in separate specially designated rooms. Unlike most coffee shops across the Netherlands, Meetpoint opens its doors at 9am, which means smokers can drop in here to hang out early or pick up supplies before starting their day.
There is funky modern art on the interior walls, mirrored ceilings and discreet but cool music playing in the background. The friendly, welcoming establishment also stocks many potent strains of cannabis, including White Widow. There is good coffee among the drinks on offer, and a selection of board games for passing the time. Coffeeshop Cool is a small suburban shop, north of the city centre in Woensel, selling several varieties of cannabis with a friendly and welcoming vibe.
While the range is not that large compared to other spots, the quality is generally good and the prices decent. Vinyl bench seating down one wall and the skyscraper mural behind give the smoking area the cosy feel of an American diner, without the food.
The Wall opened its doors in and has been selling cannabis to a loyal clientele ever since. The theme borrows a great deal of its funky styling from the Pink Floyd album that inspired its name. You have to be lucky!
If you have less than 60 grams on you, you should be fine. If you have more than 60 grams, you might be thought of to be a dealer and arrested. Just roam around the parks or on the streets, and you should find enough dealers or only smokers to help you out. The Definitive Guide. Eindhoven Cannabis Laws The cops will be quite relaxed when it comes to weed. Prices and Quality of Cannabis The prices and even the quality of cannabis differ from spot to spot, dealer to dealer.
Where can you get cannabis in Eindhoven? Frequently Asked Questions Is it safe to get weed in parks? Can you smoke hash on the streets? What happens if you are caught with marijuana? Is it easy to get weed in Eindhoven? Is Cannabis legal in Eindhoven? We crowdsource the street value of marijuana and other drugs from the most accurate source possible: you, the consumer. Help by anonymously submitting data on the latest transaction you've made. Juan L. Frederick FTW!!
I e-mailed Frederick meetups gmail. Weed was decriminalised back in as part of a two-step program. First decriminalisation and then regulation. The Netherlands just never got to that second step. There is plenty of research to support that there are fewer addicts and lower crime statistics in Holland compared to other countries like the USA. Ironically enough, some criminal organisations are also doing the best they can to keep the growing process illegal.
This way they can still make some decent tax-free money and be able to fund some of their other branches of illegal activity. I think the Christians and criminals should totally hook up, become frenemies and start a union: Christian Criminals United. You think that running a coffeeshop means easy cash? Racking in the money whilst smoking? If only… voffeeshops fell victim to the Christian dogma because rule after rule was enforced upon them. Then they came up with the rule that coffeeshops had to be at least meters from any schools in the vicinity.
This forced a lot of coffeeshops to close down. What followed were laws that classified between soft drugs and hard drugs. Mind you, these categories were created in the first place in to make a distinction between weed and other drugs in order to condone it.
According to this new rule the police have to officially check THC levels with their great expertise in this area and plenty of time on their hands and coffeeshop owners now have to pass up on some great product. Then they extended the school rule to meters. In fact, I applaud this. It puts a big smile on my face when I see taxpayers money being spent wisely over million is spent on preventing soft drug-related criminal activity!
And some more coffeeshops were forced to close down. But the pass could only be used to purchase weed from one coffeeshop. Yes dear reader, only one. I love to compare this to beer and alcohol. How would you like it if the government demanded you register for a pass so you could drink alcohol in only one bar? Obviously this information would be put on your medical record insurance companies began soiling their panties all over the place.
This was the perfect solution. Trials were run in Maastricht. They wanted to ban drug tourism and street trade. What actually happened was that all casual smokers started buying illegally and street trade went through the roof.
If they come up with the brilliant plan of demanding people use a government issued pass, then it would make total sense to actually check if the shit is legit.
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