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Thread #52373   Message #2570029
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
18-Feb-09 - 10:49 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Verse to Cosher Bailey - recent oil news
Cops in Amsterdam look fools
Thanks to EU smoking rules,
A decision, rather Wacko
Permits dope but not tobacco


Visit a "coffeeshop"

Or, perhaps you'd like to check your email in a fog of marijuana smoke at one of the city's many "coffeeshops." The Dutch use this English word to describe places that sell cannabis. While indoor tobacco smoke was banned in 2008, pot smoke is no problem in these shops. In a twist that would seem strange to Americans, Dutch coffeeshops can actually lose their license if they allow tobacco smoking inside their premises.


From: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/ricksteveseurope/2008752527_websteves17.html