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The only articles I’ve found date back from 2 years ago

NOS Nieuws – Amsterdam moet 43 coffeeshops sluiten

and more recently a CDA (Conservative) politician gave an anti drugs speech and was punched to the ground! (political violence in NL was rare until recently)

AD Binnenland – CDA-politicus gemolesteerd vanwege standpunt drugs (523434)

Toen hij hiervan melding maakte bij de café-eigenaar, kwam de man uit Nederweert op hem af en sloeg hem tegen de grond.

not found any definite articles although the rise in power of Geert Wilders (who has a strong anti-drugs stance as well as anti-Islam) will not help the situaiton.

I think its a sad one but not a disaster as though I want to visit the Netherlands it is for many other reasons rather than to take drugs… I do appreciate drugs divide their nation and even gedoogbeleid can cause social problems so don’t want to do anything to make anyones country a worse place…

Kunnen jullie geen niewusartikelen op Nederlands vinden? Ik kan een beetje Nederlands lezen, genug voor deze artikelen.. 😉

thing is there is no way the Dutch would do something like that without widespread debate in the govt and media, and so it does seem really odd that none of the mainstream news or govt sites are reporting it. Perhaps its waiting for a vote or something or being tried out in some area but I’ve scoured VN (Vrij Nederland) which is like a Dutch version of the Guardian, also a few tabloid sites and there is nothing mentioned anywhere…

even if its a done deal they need to tell the rest of the EU authorities and media from a pragmatic POV so they can warn other citiznes not to go there for drugs tourism or risk being nicked (and it would then cost €€€ to the Dutch to nick all these people)

@1984 403444 wrote:

not to say that it is but this rummer goes round every so often *shugs* (ever since i was about 16.)

since the war, the rise of Islamophobia (think about it, where does most hashish come from? 😉 and other forms of xenophobia (the drugs/sex industry is run by and attracts many immigrants) and the election of more right wing politicos its become more than just a rumour, however it is not unanimous opinion that this should happen (as the young conservative being beaten shows)!

I think its a definite desire by the CDA and the ironically named Freedom Party (the one Geert Wilders runs) – although the government has no overall controll like here in England and they haven’t even formed their coalition yet I think Wilders holds the balance of power at least in some areas…. both have a common desire to end the Dutch tolerance of drugs.

@p0ly 403457 wrote:

I thought the Dutch hated Wilders.

he has a certain core of support in some areas and has totally divided the country, and since the recession has also picked up votes from people who think the CDA is too lenient. the CDA (a Christian Conservative) party also wants to close the coffee shops and they have a greater amount of support.

this video (in Dutch only unfortunately) is a CDA politican saying how they want to close down the coffee shops. the verb “willen” means to want to do something in Dutch, not that it “will” happen (worden or moeten is more commonly used here). it is possible this confusion and mistranslation fuels the rumours more..

[Video] CDA wil coffeeshops sluiten, maar dan? – Joop.nl

this is a local Council saying they want to close down shops (in one area alone0

RTV Oost – Nieuws: Raad Kampen wil coffeeshop sluiten