What EXACTLY are the Laws in Amsterdam?

[WeedGuru_Flow]

hehehe that would be cool walking on the street smoking a j and not giving a fuck hahaha!

I do that all the time down here, dont u guys ever do that???

[riff]

how do ya figure that one out then?

less paper work

but dont get cocky, i think the best thing to do with police is act like u dont smoke or no hardly nethin about it, n wotever u do dont say anything about laws or rights or get iiritated coz sum1 polic r WANKERS i got bare stories about my family having bad encouters with dikhead police. The police in america aren't as bad i sware they enforce the laws betta but they don't think they're all high n mighty, less racist too, ill give 20 punds to the first person who shows me a british black cop.

there's a couple of black cops on the bill. haha

[Outlandz]

Several aspects of Dutch drugs policy differ from policy in other countries. Hence, the Dutch differentiate their approach to hard drugs and soft drugs. This differentiation has been enshrined in legislation since 1976 whereby possession of hard drugs is a crime and the possession of a small quantity of soft drugs is a minor offence for which no legal action is taken. In this context a small quantity of soft drugs is a maximum of 5 grammes. This policy entails a differentiation in approach to soft and hard drugs. Amsterdam has around 300 recognised, so-called "coffee shops" were soft drugs can be purchased. More than half of these are based in the inner-city (180). The 300 coffee shops are divided into 211 that only sell soft drugs, and 86 so-called hash-bars that sell both soft drugs and alcohol. The owners of hash-bars are being given the option of continuing their business either as a regular bar, or a coffee shop. The trading of soft drugs in coffee shops is permitted under strict conditions. Trading in hard drugs is banned, and it is prohibited to sell to persons under 18 years of age, no advertising is permitted, and the maximum amount per transaction per client is 5 grammes.


Where more than 500 grammes of soft drugs are found on the premises, or where hard drugs are being sold, or where the premises is the centre of a public nuisance, the police have powers to close the premises - on the authority of the mayor and aldermen. Checks are highly intensive. In addition to at least bi-annual checks by the local police team, all coffee shops are checked by a special police squad (alcohol/bar intervention squad). This policy has created as split between the hard drugs and soft and drugs scenes, and it is paying off. Research shows that there is virtually no graduation of users from soft to hard drugs.