Amsterdam, April 21: Could a smoking ban spell the end of Amsterdam's world famous coffee shops, where smoking cannabis is one of the main attractions?
No chance, says local conservative politician and coffee shop owner Michael Veling.
The Dutch may well follow other European countries in banning tobacco smoking in restaurants, cafes and bars, but Veling says it should still be possible to smoke dope.
"It is ridiculous to think that a smoking ban would be the end of coffee shops," the 50-year-old Veling says.
He says the clientele who have been coming to coffee shops to buy and inhale cannabis are flexible enough to find a way around any ban on smoking the tobacco products they routinely mix with marijuana resin or leaf in rolled paper "joints."
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=366957&sid=LIF&ssid=204
Funny to think the US is not as "progressive" as one might expect...
No chance, says local conservative politician and coffee shop owner Michael Veling.
The Dutch may well follow other European countries in banning tobacco smoking in restaurants, cafes and bars, but Veling says it should still be possible to smoke dope.
"It is ridiculous to think that a smoking ban would be the end of coffee shops," the 50-year-old Veling says.
He says the clientele who have been coming to coffee shops to buy and inhale cannabis are flexible enough to find a way around any ban on smoking the tobacco products they routinely mix with marijuana resin or leaf in rolled paper "joints."
http://www.zeenews.com/articles.asp?aid=366957&sid=LIF&ssid=204
Funny to think the US is not as "progressive" as one might expect...
