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Mayor Eberhard van der Laan made it clear in an interview with AT5, in answering the statement of Dutch Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten's spokesman, who said Mayor van der Laan "could not" go ahead allowing foreign tourists to buy marijuana in Amsterdam's coffeeshops nexst year.
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| Nol van Schaik: "Amsterdam will stay the way it is, a special place" |
"I have been discussing this with the Minister for a year now; maybe I know him better than his spokesman," Mayor van der Laan said.
Minister Opstelten reportedly called Mayor van der Laan after the interview was aired. "He said it was a nice interview in De Volkskrant," van der Laan said. "This also indicates that we do not really disagree."
Van der Laan said that it's a difficult situation because there is disagreement on "soft drugs" policy in the Dutch government itself. In border regions of the Netherlands, the stricter WeedPass policy will still be followed, according to the mayor.
"Amsterdam will stay the way it is, a special place, where freedom has been reinstated by Mayor Eberhard van der Laan," famed coffeeshop entrepreneur Nol van Schaik, owner of Willie Wortel cannabis shop, posted on Facebook Friday. "I applaud him!"
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They must have noticed the huge drop in tourist bookings after the first. It's why people visit there.
That news will make lots of folks very pleased....! Good times ahead...it makes me feel good to know that people will be able to enjoy themselves....and rejoice..!
its ok its not ok.....its legal its not legal.....all the nations worldwide should just give in already and make it legal period
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I just don't know.... seems the government did fail, seems the weed pass won't be on the new government agenda, seems like, in fact, the weed pass will never actually be implemented... Damn them tricky Dutchmen..;-D Now High Times can plan for 2013...;-D
