Tourists who used to visit Amsterdam’s coffee shops for legally smoking cannabis will have soon a problem. The Dutch government decided to ban the foreigners from using mild drugs and a judge approved that decision on Friday.
Thus the new law will practically convert the coffee shops where “grass” is smoked, into private clubs accessible only to residents. The decision will be applied as of May 1 in southern provinces of the Netherlands and next year will cover the rest of the country, including Amsterdam.
Mayor of Amsterdam, Eberhard van der Laan still hopes to reach a compromise with the central authorities. A compromise is intended also by the cafe owners who already announced through their lawyer, to have appealed the judges decision.
The government claims the decision aims at stopping the small drug trafficking from the Netherlands (where purchased legally) to the surrounding countries. The authorities of Amsterdam underlined that this problem does not exist in their town, where most people buy drugs for personal consumption.
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Local authorities say that the decision will only create problems. According to statistics, about 4.5 million tourists visit Amsterdam each year, and 23% of them come at least once in a cafe where they can smoke marijuana.
Beyond economic issues, the Amsterdam officials along with coffee shop owners emphasizes that the law will not stop drug use, but on contrary, it will push it underground, where harder to be controlled.
Critics of the new law hope that the collapse of the current government of the Prime Minister Mark Rutte, would make room for a new Executive, with new ideas on drug policies. Elections are scheduled for September.
Until then, owners of coffe shops in Maastricht had already announced their intention to disobey the law. The new drugs law threatens to turn into a political campaigning topic.