The reason why the 'coffee shop' which can be smoked legally by marijuana is closing one after another and with the problem that comes up
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If you have traveled to Amsterdam in the Netherlands, you should have heard that a 'coffee shop' is a 'place where hemp is legally sold'. It is a coffee shop in Amsterdam that attracts extraordinary measures from around the world and is visited by many 'tourists' from around the world, but in recent years it has been said that cases of store contemplation have one after another.
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Why Amsterdam's oldest cannabis 'coffeeshop' has been forced to close
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December 31, 2016, 'Mellow Yellow', a famous coffee shop, was closed. The store has been in business for more than 50 years, but it is now in a situation where it can not but be forced to store under the influence of the government's tighter regulations. Shop owner Johnny Petram said, 'I decided to do something but it was the worst day of my life. Mellow Yellow was the oldest coffee shop in Amsterdam, but that's it.' You
In Amsterdam, there are many stores that are forced to close like Mellow Yellow. In the 1990s, it had 350 coffee shops, but now the number has been halved to less than 170. This is also an indication that the Dutch policy, which has been considered tolerant to cannabis, has changed.
In the Netherlands, due to legal reforms in the 1970s, tolerant policies have been taken regarding 'soft drugs' such as cannabis. This is based on the premise that it is impossible to completely eliminate drugs by regulation, and by strictly managing soft drugs and distributing them, 'hard drugs' such as more serious cocaine etc. The aim was to stop the spread of With regard to the sales of cannabis, measures have been taken to accept this after imposing restrictions such as 'do not advertise' and 'set an upper limit (5 grams) on the amount to be sold at one time'.
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It is a cannabis sale at a coffee shop that stands on the premise that it is not advertised, but it has become world famous at a level of “common sense”, especially for many visitors to the Netherlands. According to a survey of tourist authorities in Amsterdam, one out of four tourists who visited the city have statistics that one is visiting a coffee shop. In fact, when the editors who are making this article were on a flight from Germany to the Netherlands, etc., a group of German young people who were on the same day as they landed in Amsterdam had an odd tension, and “I am!” It reminds me that there was a distinctly different atmosphere from other cities.
Although the government authorities have taken tolerant measures, it does not mean that there was no opinion refusing this attitude. Regulations such as location conditions have been tightened, and shops that have been unable to continue sales have been forced to close one after another. One case of Mellow Yellow this time is forced to be closed by the presence of a beautician vocational school located 230 meters from the store, with the restriction that 'a school does not exist within 250 meters' is applied. It is said that.
As a result of the restrictions on the location conditions, 20 coffee shops were closed in Amsterdam, and the city was cleaned up in the red light district, which is well-known as a legal entertainment district, and in the area known as the display window. The reason is that 30 coffee shops and 150 display windows were forced to close. Furthermore, since the governmental organization has taken measures not to issue a new business permit for the coffee shop, it seems that even if the store has been dropped, it is not possible to resume the new sale at another place.
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While there are voices to evaluate such measures, there are also views that cast doubts about their effectiveness. It has also become clear that customers who have lost their place due to tighter regulations and soft drug dealers who have stocked goods have dived underground and trade, use and use illegally. The soft drugs sold at coffee shops have had some deterrents for their use because their volume was regulated, but the increase in illegal sales that are not subject to any restrictions will increase the volume of transactions and make them more dangerous. Escalating to high hard drugs is also a concern.
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