Pot Rules in the Dutch Coffee Shop

Abusing the weed

The ban on smoking tobacco in the Netherlands started two days ago and applies to public places, including the coffeeshops, where even locals cut their White Widow with tobacco for fear of falling in the gracht.

Pot smokers will be fined Euro 300 for a first tobacco 'abuse', then a stunning 2,400 euros for a fourth!

This is akin to saying you can’t drink beer in bars, only alcohol over 40 per cent proof.

Since the ban, I have camped outside several local coffeeshops and photographed the results first hand. I warn you, it’s not pretty, either way you look at it. Only problem I can't remember which was before and which was after!