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Songyee Lee, 22, knew she wanted to come to Europe to study. And when she started reading about Amsterdam, she knew that this was the city where she would do it. So Songyee came all the way from Korea for a two-semester exchange programme at the University of Amsterdam.
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Now that she’s seen it, Songyee says the drugs and prostitution don’t make the city “dangerous or immoral or anything.” In fact, she says, because it’s regulated, the prostitution wasn’t as bad as she expected. But she still doesn’t plan to try smoking weed!
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Songyee plans to use her two semesters to study, of course, but also hopes to take advantage of Amsterdam’s central location as a base to see a little more of Europe. 
All in all she says it’s pretty great: Amsterdam is “safer than everyone thinks”, “the school systems are really nice”, she’s got “good teachers and good classes” and she’s “satisfied with everything”. Not a bad recommendation!

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Of course after dinner it was time for the night life which is reason number nine. I would start at Leidseplein, which used to be the end of the line for those travelling from Leiden. Jammed with bars, jazz cafes and restaurants, Leidesplein is crazy and chaotic, but also Amsterdams best. I would be remiss if I did not mention the citys red light district, which is part of the night life for far too many bachelor parties. For others..well its interesting/sad wandering through this seedy part of town, where prostitution, which is legal, is flaunted in windows. Of course the other Amsterdam draw for some are the coffee shops and no, these are not Starbucks. What you will find behind the counter is a list of hash and grass, but it is illegal to advertise cannabis, so hence coffee shops.

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High time: inside Amsterdam’s ‘coffee shops’
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Meanwhile, the City of Amsterdam have labelled the proposal ‘counterproductive’ arguing “If tourists are denied access to coffee shops, illegal sales and drug dealing on the streets of Amsterdam will increase”.
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One thing seems certain: tolerated or not, cannabis will be always be available on the streets of Amsterdam.
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Amsterdam bans ‘no toking’ signs 14 Jul After an only-in-the-Netherlands legal reverse, the city of Amsterdam says it will likely have to stub out the “no toking” signs it introduced in a crackdown on marijuana-smoking youth. Dutch tourist ban for cannabis ‘coffee shops’ to begin this year 30 May The Dutch government on Friday said it would start banning tourists from buying cannabis from “coffee shops” and impose restrictions on Dutch customers by the end of the year.

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Inside Amsterdam’s ‘coffee shops’
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Drug Tourism is big business for Amsterdam, with one in four visitors smoking during their visit, and the tourism industry stands to lose significant revenue if it is passed. For this reason, the Cannabis Retailers Association and the City of Amsterdam have come out fighting before the Weed Pass has even be discussed in parliament.
The CRA claims that: “Reports that such a pass will be applied in Amsterdam are…completely without foundation. The Mayor and Council of Amsterdam are radically opposed to such a scheme and it will not be implemented in the city.”
Meanwhile, the City of Amsterdam have labelled the proposal ‘counterproductive’ arguing “If tourists are denied access to coffee shops, illegal sales and drug dealing on the streets of Amsterdam will increase”.
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One thing seems certain: tolerated or not, cannabis will be always be available on the streets of Amsterdam.

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High time: inside Amsterdam’s ‘coffee shops’
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Meanwhile, the City of Amsterdam have labelled the proposal ‘counterproductive’ arguing “If tourists are denied access to coffee shops, illegal sales and drug dealing on the streets of Amsterdam will increase”.
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One thing seems certain: tolerated or not, cannabis will be always be available on the streets of Amsterdam.
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Amsterdam bans ‘no toking’ signs 14 Jul After an only-in-the-Netherlands legal reverse, the city of Amsterdam says it will likely have to stub out the “no toking” signs it introduced in a crackdown on marijuana-smoking youth. Dutch tourist ban for cannabis ‘coffee shops’ to begin this year 30 May The Dutch government on Friday said it would start banning tourists from buying cannabis from “coffee shops” and impose restrictions on Dutch customers by the end of the year.

See the full article from “The Age”

High time: inside Amsterdam’s ‘coffee shops’
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Meanwhile, the City of Amsterdam have labelled the proposal ‘counterproductive’ arguing “If tourists are denied access to coffee shops, illegal sales and drug dealing on the streets of Amsterdam will increase”.
…
One thing seems certain: tolerated or not, cannabis will be always be available on the streets of Amsterdam.
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Amsterdam bans ‘no toking’ signs 14 Jul After an only-in-the-Netherlands legal reverse, the city of Amsterdam says it will likely have to stub out the “no toking” signs it introduced in a crackdown on marijuana-smoking youth. Dutch tourist ban for cannabis ‘coffee shops’ to begin this year 30 May The Dutch government on Friday said it would start banning tourists from buying cannabis from “coffee shops” and impose restrictions on Dutch customers by the end of the year.

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A box of cannabis cigarettes is seen in a coffee shop in Amsterdam October 6, 2011. (REUTERS/Toussaint Kluiters)
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Some politicians oppose the proposals. Eberhard van der Laan, the mayor of Amsterdam, says restricting the activities of coffee shops would lead to greater health risks, nuisance and drug dealing on the streets. As mayor, he could simply choose not to enforce the weed pass regulations.
“At the moment the mayor is in conference with the minister to convince him that the measures regarding coffee shops will be counterproductive for Amsterdam,” the mayor’s office said in a statement to Reuters.
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A study by Professor Korf of the University of Amsterdam found that tourists who visited coffee shops in central Amsterdam had similar spending habits to other tourists, and were just as likely to spend 200 euros or more on a hotel room, or splash out at smart restaurants or nightclubs.

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A box of cannabis cigarettes is seen in a coffee shop in Amsterdam October 6, 2011. (REUTERS/Toussaint Kluiters)
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Some politicians oppose the proposals. Eberhard van der Laan, the mayor of Amsterdam, says restricting the activities of coffee shops would lead to greater health risks, nuisance and drug dealing on the streets. As mayor, he could simply choose not to enforce the weed pass regulations.
“At the moment the mayor is in conference with the minister to convince him that the measures regarding coffee shops will be counterproductive for Amsterdam,” the mayor’s office said in a statement to Reuters.
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A study by Professor Korf of the University of Amsterdam found that tourists who visited coffee shops in central Amsterdam had similar spending habits to other tourists, and were just as likely to spend 200 euros or more on a hotel room, or splash out at smart restaurants or nightclubs.

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But Gerrit-Jan ten Bloomendal, spokesman for the Platform of Cannabis Businesses in the Netherlands, said implementing the plan would be difficult “if not impossible.”
“How are we going to know whether a given batch exceeds 15 per cent THC? For that matter, how would health inspectors know?” he said. He predicted a black market will develop for highly potent weed.
The ongoing Dutch crackdown on marijuana is part of a decade-long rethink of liberalism in general that has seen a third of the windows in Amsterdam’s famed prostitution district shuttered and led the Netherlands to adopt some of the toughest immigration rules in Europe.
The number of licensed marijuana cafes has been reduced, and earlier this year the government announced plans to ban tourists from buying weed. That has been resisted by the city of Amsterdam, where the marijuana cafes known euphemistically as “coffee shops” are a major tourist draw.

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AMSTERDAM – The Netherlands is embarking on a crusade against its multi-billion-euro marijuana industry, with significant implications both for its economy and its famously liberal approach to life.
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Some politicians, including Eberhard van der Laan, the mayor of Amsterdam, oppose the proposals because of the likely consequences for tourism and the local economy.
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âœAt the moment the mayor is in conference with the minister to convince him that the measures regarding coffee shops will be counterproductive for Amsterdam,â the mayorâs office said in a statement to Reuters.
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A study by Professor Korf of the University of Amsterdam found that tourists who visited coffee shops in central Amsterdam had similar spending habits to other tourists, and were just as likely to spend 200 euros or more on a hotel room, or splash out at smart restaurants or nightclubs.

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