Amsterdam's new smoking ban

[Don Fernando]

Originally Posted by Corona Gigante

I'll be visiting A'dam in August. I grew up just an overnight ferry ride away and I visited the city several times in my youth. This time will be a bit different: I will be accompanied by my 80yo mother, my 14yo daughter and her 14yo cousin. I am not expecting to spend much time in the coffee shops this time around, but there's a ton of other things to do in the city: the Van Gogh museum, the museum of Modern Art, the Ann Frank house, a boat trip on the canals, hiring bikes and riding around, etc.

I told my daughter to use google to search for things she might like do while we were there. I warned her that the city is well known for legal marijuana and prostitution. "Wahoo!" she cried. I think she was joking...

if you need a break and want to meet up for a smoke, let me know. There are several good B&M's in the city centre, my fav B&M/Liquorstore is McCarthy's on the Zeedijk, but Andringa on De Munt, Hartman on Leidsestraat and Beethovenstraat are good, and there is Hajenius, a beautiful shop but crap staff.

[raisin]

Originally Posted by ryansallee

That makes no sense at all. Wacky Tobaccy but none of the regular stuff. I don't get it.

I believe you will find the very same situation in the California pot pharmacy's for similiar reason. One is arguably "medicine", while the other is just an intoxicant.

What we need to do, is to come up with a valid medical reason to smoke tabacco. Then, just like guide dogs, we could bring our stinky-ass cigars where ever we pleased...

[vicvitola]

Originally Posted by raisin

What we need to do, is to come up with a valid medical reason to smoke tabacco. Then, just like guide dogs, we could bring our stinky-ass cigars where ever we pleased...

Or a "Million Cigar March" on Washington. Hell that sounds like fun even if it doesn't accomplish anything.

[Puffin Fresh]

Originally Posted by Don Fernando

it's all politics. Someon on TV explained the whole situation and in order to ban the smoking of 100% weed cigarettes in coffeeshops with the current set of laws they have to officially legalize weed (which isn't the case, altough hardly nobody knows that) and the European parliament will never allows that to happen.

Thanks for the insight. I figured it was a political thing... I just wanted to point out the apparent double standard.

[ResIpsa]

Originally Posted by icehog3

I find a few bongs before work helps my concentration when administering field sobriety tests to drunk drivers.

Perhaps the lawmakers had enjoyed a morning hit or two before passing the ban......

[Corona Gigante]

Originally Posted by Don Fernando

if you need a break and want to meet up for a smoke, let me know. There are several good B&M's in the city centre, my fav B&M/Liquorstore is McCarthy's on the Zeedijk, but Andringa on De Munt, Hartman on Leidsestraat and Beethovenstraat are good, and there is Hajenius, a beautiful shop but crap staff.

Thanks for the invitation. I don't think I'm going to have the opportunity for any "adult time" and if I did, to be honest, I'd probably prefer to hit one of the coffee shops.

The trip to A'dam was actually my mother's idea. If I had my druthers, I would prefer to visit Leiden, which has all the charm of A'dam and fewer tourists and junkies cluttering up the place.

[Don Fernando]

Leiden has all the charm of Amsterdam?????? Leiden has all the charm of an Amsterdam home for elderly people Leiden is boring.