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You have an identity card from Belgium. Where do you live?
In Genk.
I have to discriminate you
And if I just want to drink a coffee?
Even for a cup of coffee. Foreigners are no longer allowed to enter this coffeeshop.
I am not proud of it, but the Dutch minister orders me to discriminate you.
It's crazy. It's legalized discrimination.
So now I have to buy weed on the streets.
That's what will happen. The safe location for buying weed is now gone.
I am sorry. You can go to the police and file an indictment for discrimation against me.
You weren't allowed to buy any weed in coffeeshop easy going today.
You weren't allowed to buy any weed in coffeeshop easy going today.
What's your response?
It's a shame. I'm gonna file a complaint. I just wanted to drink a coffee and smoke a little joint.
You're going to the police office?
I think so, i'm gonna file a complaint.
It's a useless policy. From now on it will be traded on the streets, which will be bad for Maastricht.
It will get out of hand. People won't stop smoking weed, it will be sold on the streets from now on.
Tuesday first of may, in Maastricht. We are standing in front of coffeeshop 'Easy Going'.
Where are you from?
Heidelberg, Germany.
And why are you here? To smoke grass. That's it.
You know that it's forbidden since today?
I know, but it doesn't stop me from going here. Holland will lose a lot of tourists because of the policy.
Tourists mainly visit the Netherlands for the grass.
Now you will no longer visit Maastricht?
No, why should I? There is no reason to go to Maastricht when there is nothing to smoke.
But this morning you knew that it was outlawed?
No, we visited the coffeeshops yesterday, and suddenly this morning it is forbidden.
Did you get *** yesterday?
Yes, we did smoke yesterday.
You could have purchased it yesterday for today.
So how do you solve this problem? I'm gonna buy it on the streets.
Go away, you idiot.
We have freedom of speech
So do we!
You guys aren't democratic.
We are democratic. We just want less nuisance.
The townhall is against the policy, but the mayor of your party enforces it anyway.
You are undemocratic.
Your party is not liberal. You are all communists.
WE are liberal.
We want less nuisance. But we don't want your party's policy.
The mayor of your party is well known in Amsterdam as a pot smoker.
Read the message. You can register as a member and still visit the coffeeshop.
Show some decency and go away.
But you don't have that decency.
We walk trough town.
Then walk on.
I smoked weed. Nothing special.
Three times a year I visit Holland. It's over now.
So you are lucky. Do you think it's good that the coffeeshops are ignoring the rules?
One gram amnesia.
You are using it for medical reasons, can't you just buy it in Belgium?
No, that's not yet possible in Belgium. You are not prosecuted if you possess marihuana, but there are no places to buy good quality stuff.
What would you have done if you couldn't purchase it today?
I would try it somewhere else.
Do you know the new policy?
Yes Yes Yes Yes
What is your alternative?
My alternative is to support the Maastricht coffeeshops, to make sure I can continue my visits, even with the new policy.
Its the first of may today. There is a new coffeeshop policy in the south of the country.
Young Democrats, why are you standing in front of this coffeeshop?
What are the Young Democrats doing in front of this coffeeshop?
We are against the new policy. Coffeeshops are a safe place to buy weed.
There is regulation, you can buy soft drugs without being confronted by hard drugs.
The new policy is a bad idea. The selling of drugs will move to the criminal circuit, which will cause a lot of nuisance.
The nuisance has already increased since the French are banned from visiting coffeeshops. There are more dealers on the streets.
It's bad for public health and increases disturbances in the city.
We pledge for open coffeeshops where all nationalities are welcome.