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Netherlands: Supreme Court upholds ban on tourists in cannabis cafes
DutchNews.nl Tuesday 29 Sep 2015 However, the Supreme Court judges said they were not convinced the doorman had made a ‘crucial contribution’ to the illegal sale of soft drugs to non-residents and ordered the lower court to review the case again. It is unclear what affect the ban on coffee shops selling to non-residents has actually had. Research from May 2013 showed some two-thirds of the country’s 480 cannabis cafes still sell to tourists. Coffee shops have to have a council licence to operate. The government turns a blind eye to the possession of up to five grammes of marijuana or cannabis, but soft drugs are not actually legal. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2015/09/supreme-court-upholds-ban-on-tourists-in-cannabis-cafes/
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