Amsterdam to outlaw cannabis-smoking in red-light district streets
‘Historic’ clampdown on tourist excesses aims to make life more bearable for local residents
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‘Historic’ clampdown on tourist excesses aims to make life more bearable for local residents
Under new rules, smoking weed in public in Amsterdam's red light district will now be illegal
In a bid to improve the quality of life for residents, Amsterdam will ban the use of marijuana on the street and take new steps to discourage alcohol in its red light district, the traditional center of the city's legal sex work trade.
Amsterdam’s mayor wants a ban on cannabis sales to tourists amid a wider push to formalize the country’s billion-dollar ‘coffeeshop’ sector. Those in the industry say the famously progressive country is at risk of being left behind.
Hoards of post-pandemic tourists are pushing overrun Amsterdam officials to renew the city's image.