Published 11 February 2023 at 08.25
Foreign. Amsterdam bans cannabis smoking in public places in the city center in an attempt to curb the influx of tourist liberals, writes The Guardian.
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The ban applies in the De Wallen area, the most famous of the so-called red light districts and with widespread brothels.
Restaurants and bars are also forced to close earlier.
< p>Local residents have complained for years about drunk people, public urination, hashish smoking and a violent atmosphere in the area. Other drugs also come into circulation because of cannabis smoking,
The Netherlands is otherwise usually considered a liberal pioneer country. Already in 2006, it approved its first batch of pedophiles, and in 2019, it was ahead of Canada in the suicide issue and gave a 17-year-old girl state assisted death after she was gang-raped by immigrants.
The ban comes into effect in mid-May.