> I don't think the staff working in bars in and around the RLD in the Dam care too much about the health sex and drugs tourists who pass through. Most do; or

> I don't think the staff working in bars in and around the RLD in the Dam care too much about the health sex and drugs tourists who pass through. Most do; or at least the majority do in my experience. Firstly because it's their revenue stream and secondly because there are quite strict laws for proprietors there. I looked it up with a friend who goes to Amsterdam a lot more than myself and what they sold you was "against the rules" - there is (or at least was) a limit to 2 servings per customer. Im not sure if that is a law or a guideline (of the kind that if you break it and someone gets hurt your in big trouble). (I myself love absinthe - but the strong stuff you just have to be moderate about, because it is quite dangerous. One of my friends has a favorite story about a trip to Poland where they drank absinthe and one guy had so much he hallucinated, thought he was an apple (or something) and tried to peel himself. Not nice)