Are there coffee shops in maastricht

Coffee shops near the borders with Belguim and Germany do not aloud tourists. You have to be a dutch citizen or you have to work in the Netherlands to get in and buy your cannabis. So if you temporarely work or study, get a proof at the city counsel and ask for a GBA-Uitreksel. Coffeeshops Amsterdam. Coffeeshops Arnhem. Coffeeshops Breda. Coffeeshops Delft. Coffeeshops Eindhoven. Coffeeshops Haarlem. The move comes ahead of a proposed nationwide crackdown being discussed in the Dutch parliament.

The BBC's Anna Holligan says the ban is being seen as a test case that could be implemented in other Dutch towns and cities. There are about coffee shops in the Netherlands. The cultivation and sale of soft drugs through them is decriminalised although not legal. An estimated 6, people visit Maastricht's coffee shops every day - most making the quick trip across the border from Belgium and Germany.

But from Saturday, anyone who is not a Dutch, Belgian or German resident will be told to leave. Hi-tech security scanners have been set up to check passports and ID cards, and police will carry out random checks. City authorities say drug tourists pose a threat to public order. But critics of the policy say the ban contravenes EU policies of equality and the freedom of movement. Despite courtroom testimonials from Beal supporters, including "Guru of Ganja" Ed Rosenthal and Wisconsin medical marijuana patient Jacki Rickert, Beal got prison time.

But it was less than the four years the prosecution asked for and well below the 15 year maximum allowable under Wisconsin law. Beal was already on probation after being busted with another pound-plus load in Nebraska in He also has previous drug convictions in , , and Lincoln Chafee announced Thursday afternoon that he will not allow the state to move forward with a plan to open three long-delayed medical marijuana dispensaries. That leaves thousands of Rhode Island patients to their own devices when it comes to procuring their medicine.

The announcement came two days after the Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition announced its plans to sue the governor and force him to lift his hold on the compassion centers.

Rhode Island became a medical marijuana state in , when the legislature overrode a gubernatorial veto to pass the Edward O. Hawkins and Thomas C. Slater Medical Marijuana Act.