Cafe Culture Threatened

摘要

NLD: Amsterdarm's famous coffee coffee shops, where marijuana is available over the counter, face the threat of extinction as the country has gone smoke-free this month. Smoking dope is the raison d'etre of the cafes which are scattered across the country, with the greatest and most famous concentration in Amsterdam. But the tobacco ban does not exempt coffee shops. This has lead to the paradoxical situation that only pore grass or cannabis resin, which are not covered by the ban, can be legally smoked in the shops. Anybody rolling a tobacco-based: joint will be breaking the law - but only because of the tobacco.