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Today a judge in the Hague upheld a new Dutch policy excluding foreigners from cannabis cafés. The plan, which transforms the cafés into clubs open only to Dutch citizens and legal residents, is scheduled to take effect in southern provinces next month and throughout the country by the end of the year. The ban is aimed at addressing nuisances associated with "drug tourism" in border towns (some of which involves travelers buying pot for resale in other countries).
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Dick Cowan called it: The new Dutch government has abandoned plans to create a national "weed pass," available only to citizens and residents, for admission to cannabis cafés. Instead cities will decide whether foreigners may patron... Read Post

A Dutch judge on Friday upheld a plan to bar foreigners from the country's famous cannabis cafes. The government says it has to clamp down to keep the country, especially border towns, from being overrun by tourists who stream in ju... Read Post

Foreign tourists will be banned from entering cannabis cafes in Amsterdam after a ruling by a Dutch judge. The judge upheld a new law to stop foreign visitors from entering Holland's famous coffee shops - meaning they could be banne... Read Post