Who’s allowed to buy cannabis at Maastricht cafés?

29/09/11 18:40 CET

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Coffee shops that sell cannabis in the Dutch city of Maastricht are trying to make a political point by imposing a ban on foreign customers who are not Belgian or German. The owners want to prove to the government that plans for an official ban on so-called drug tourists, to tackle disorder, will not work.

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