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Huh. I always thought it's legal, but not a hundred percent legal. I mean, you can't walk into a restaurant, roll a joint and start puffing away. You're only s
by khazhoux 6y ago
Huh. I always thought it's legal, but not a hundred percent legal. I mean, you can't walk into a restaurant, roll a joint and start puffing away. You're only supposed to smoke in your home or certain designated places.
I was under the impression: it's legal to buy it, it's legal to own it, and if you're the proprietor of a hash bar, it's legal to sell it. It's legal to carry it, but if you get stopped by the cops in Amsterdam, it's illegal for them to search you.
Am I just misled for the last 25 years?
- dotancohen 6y agoI've also heard that you can walk into a movie theater in Amsterdam and buy a beer.
- dr_dshiv 6y agoLol, or in any other civilized region that cares about citizen freedom. You can also drink a beer in a park, if you can believe it!
- dotancohen 6y agoIt's a quote from the same piece of classic literature that the GP is quoting from.
- maest 6y agoThey're talking about Pulp Fiction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLIcFP0J5TY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLIcFP0J5TY JULES – Okay now, tell me about the hash bars? VINCENT What so you want to know? JULES Well, hash is legal there, right? VINCENT Yeah, it's legal, but is ain't a hundred percent legal. I mean you can't walk into a restaurant, roll a joint, and start puffin' away. You're only supposed to smoke in your home or certain designated places. JULES Those are hash bars? VINCENT Yeah, it breaks down like this: it's legal to buy it, it's legal to own it and, if you're the proprietor of a hash bar, it's legal to sell it. It's legal to carry it, which doesn't really matter 'cause – get a load of this – if the cops stop you, it's illegal for this to search you. Searching you is a right that the cops in Amsterdam don't have. "Royale with cheese" is part of the same scene.
- blaser-waffle 6y agoWhat?
- thefringthing 6y agoSay "what" again!
- yiyus 6y agoThe police can fine you for drinking a beer in a park in most cities. I am not sure about Amsterdam, but you can get into problems with the police for drinking in Rotterdam, for example.
- dr_dshiv 6y agoOnly, I'd say, if you are causing problems. The police are incredibly tolerant. No problems, no problem. E.g., they aren't "out to get you" like police in America.
- yiyus 6y agoThat really depends on the particular policeman you find. Once I was having lunch with some friends in a park and one of us was drinking a beer can. We were alone there and, certainly, not causing any problem. The police approached us and fined my friend for drinking in public (I don't remember how much it was, this was some years ago). I live in front of a park now and I've seen similar things. I've also been drinking many times in public without any problem, and I am quite sure the police noticed us. The Netherlands is, in general, a very tolerant country, but not as much as some people think. Maybe it is compared with America (although, in my very limited experience, I've never had any problems with the American police), but the difference with most European countries is quite moot.
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- pier25 6y agoIn Mexico you can order alcohol in theaters. Last time my wife went to watch a movie (before covid) she ordered a margarita.
- dcist 6y agoThis is also possible in America in many theaters.
- hated 6y agoAlso most Americans don't realize what a wild west Mexico is for over the counter drugs. You can buy dangerous stuff like testosterone over the counter no problem.
- noarchy 6y agoIt's a similar wild west in the US, except people are basically brewing bathtub steroids from dubious Chinese powders.
- _-___________-_ 6y agoNot just Mexico. It’s largely the same across most of Asia, most of south and central America, parts of eastern Europe, and bigger cities in Africa. The whole prescription-only thing (or at least enforcement of it) is largely a Europe / US / Canada / Australia / NZ thing.
- ixacto 6y agoIn my option it [Drug Prohibition] is entirely futile and held in place by various special interests including the government and pharmaceutical companies. It would be much simpler if we allowed for the sale of every chemical that is non-weaponizeable to everyone. This would remove a lot of people form the criminal justice system and get rid of the need for the DEA. Only problem is that the DEA is a job creator though.
- freedomben 6y ago
- flatline 6y agoPlenty of theaters in the US do this, they just need a liquor license, the availability and restrictions on which vary wildly across local jurisdictions.
- edgyquant 6y agoYeah the theatre in my small hometown has a full bar. Can order martinis as you watch (definitely increases bathroom usage.)
- at-fates-hands 6y agoThey had a lot of these in my city for a brief stint in the early aughts. They were called "Cinema Grill" and served a wide array of food, alcohol and assorted drinks during movies. They kind of went the way of the Dodo when ticket prices started going up and theaters started converting to the lazy boy seats and offering similar experiences. Although the bar was usually outside of the theater and more of a "pre-gamne" type of experience than what the Cinema Grill offered. We had around 8-10 of them where I lived, but AFAIK they're all gone now.
- andoriyu 6y agoYou can do that in many places, USA included.
- aphroz 6y agoAnd do you know how they call the big mac in France?
- mattr47 6y agoRoyal with cheese.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoRoyale
- khazhoux 6y agoThey don't call it a Big Mac?
- aphroz 6y agoA Big mac is a Big mac, but they call it Le Bigeu Maqueu
- blaser-waffle 6y agoBigeu Maqueu sounds Japanese
- thomastjeffery 6y agoYou're confusing the quarter pounder.
- khazhoux 6y agoThey don't call it a quarter pounder?
- thomastjeffery 6y agoThe line from the film is about the Quarter Pounder - not the big mac - being named the Royale with Cheese because of the metric system.
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- hnick 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffeeshop_(Netherlands) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffeeshop_(Netherlands) Seems to say it's illegal but tolerated as long as you don't cause a fuss.
- yarg 6y agoIt's illegal to grow it. The "coffee" shops seem free to sell it, but they themselves bought it illegally.
- cacarr 6y agoCannabis is however legal in multiple states in the USA -- including Oregon, Washington, California, Colorado, and a few others. I have several state-licensed cannabis shops within a 10 minute walk from my house, which sell flower and various edibles and smokable concentrates. Oregon also just decriminalized possession of all drugs, for personal-use quantities.
- hharlequin 6y agoUnfortunately I think this is as good for the drug dealers as it is for addicts who it's designed to help. Dealers can assure potential customers there are no "legal" worries while not worrying about clients being forced to flip on them. It's an experiment we can watch and monitor results on though, which is probably better for the country as a whole than doing nothing across the board.
- denizozger 6y ago"... the sale of soft drugs in coffee shops is a criminal offence but the Public Prosecution Service does not prosecute coffee shops for this offence." https://www.government.nl/topics/drugs/toleration-policy-regarding-soft-drugs-and-coffee-shops https://www.government.nl/topics/drugs/toleration-policy-reg...