Dutch govt seeks to close cannabis 'grow shops'

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS Mar 12 2008 13:38

Shops selling cannabis seeds and specialist equipment for cultivating marijuana plants face closure under proposed changes to Dutch drugs laws.

Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin told parliament he would amend laws to ban the sale of everything that "facilitates the production of cannabis", news agency ANP reported on Thursday.

A majority of lawmakers said in November they supported such a move.

So-called "grow shops" often offer clients full advice on how to grow marijuana at home, an activity illegal in The Netherlands, Christian Democrat lawmakers have said.

Soft drugs are officially banned in The Netherlands but under a policy of tolerance, buyers are allowed to have less than five grams of cannabis in their possession.

In recent years the country has sought to shed its "anything goes" image and has tightened laws on drug use and prostitution.- Reuters

Source: Mail & Guardian Online
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Aww.Now I have to get rich, buy my own island, declare independence from the states, and make weed legal.

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I'll need to apply for a diplomatic passport from your fine island nation...

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But...a diplomatic passport would give me immunity from US prosecution AND a diplomatic pouch.

The worse they could do is revoke my US diplomatic privilages and return me to a friendly island nation... ...where I could then set up a beach bar and 'coffee shop' cateering to Nordic supermodels and SI swimsuit models since I will have an established reputation as an international playboy & diplomat

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Ok, then, have it your way, lol....

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Wait does this mean the famous coffee shop called "The Bulldog" will be closed?

Damn, I wanted to go see that place before I die.