Pot-Smoking Ban Likely For Dutch Coffee Houses
If you have been planning a trip to Amsterdam thinking you can relax in one of the Netherlands' 800 cannibis cafes, you better go soon.
A ban on smoking in coffeehouses, purportedly aimed at protecting workers from second-hand smoke, is is likely to become law very soon.
Coffee shop owners were aghast. "The whole point of going to a coffee shop is to smoke," said Arjan Roskam, chairman of the Union for Cannabis Retailers.
....The Netherlands boasts around 800 cannabis cafes. Smoking a joint in an Amsterdam coffee shop vies with canal boat tours and trips to the flower market for a place on tourists' itineraries.
There is a one year exception from the new law for bars and restaurants, but not for coffee shops.
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