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They could operate more like marijuana sales do here in California. You have to get a license and the number of licenses in an area is limited, so there isn’t a
by lacker 7y ago
They could operate more like marijuana sales do here in California. You have to get a license and the number of licenses in an area is limited, so there isn’t a “district”. Advertising is restricted. Most dispensaries are just bland unmarked buildings in inexpensive office or warehouse areas.
It just seems possible to avoid both black markets and “vice districts”.
- Animats 7y agoThat's how Switzerland does it. Prostitution is legal, regulated, and hookers charge value added tax like every other business. Amsterdam's problem, from the article, seems to be tourism, not sex. The city is being overwhelmed by visitors.
- candiodari 7y agoIf you look at the red light district in Amsterdam (or for that matter, Antwerp or Brussels) they're tiny. It's one street, maybe 300-400 meters and then more subtle places for 100m around that. A "district" these places are very much not.