A judge in the Netherlands has upheld a new law to ban foreign tourists from entering cannabis cafes (Coffee Shops). While soft drugs are tolerated, there is growing concern at tourists visiting just for drugs which i dont think has any concern whatsoever, and foreign dealers selling illegally at home, i dont think that banning weed will help that at all, INFACT it will probably give foreign dealers a business boom! The ban has already started in three southern provinces, and to go nationwide (AMSTERDAM) by the end of the year. A group of cafe owners argued at The Hague district court that the ban was discriminatory against foreigners. Under the new law, Dutch residents will still be allowed into the cafes, as long as they have valid identification, or possibly hold a new "weed pass", which is also being debated. There are about 700 coffee shops, as they are called, in the Netherlands. The cultivation and sale of soft drugs through them is decriminalised which means theres no need to go to some dodgy dealer and get a bag of weed half full of parsley and at the same time fund criminalism, although not legal; police generally tolerate possession of up to five grams of cannabis. A lawyer for the coffee shop owners said he would immediately lodge an appeal, Michael Veling, a spokesman for the Dutch Cannabis Retailers Association, is among those challenging the government plan. "It is going to cost me 90% of my turnover," he told the BBC World Service. "That is a very good reason for anyone to oppose any plan" also i would guess this will cut the money amsterdam makes from tourists in half, so i don't know why there doing this its crazy. Second it puts weed customers in a very difficult spot, because why do you have to register to buy a substance that is still illegal? SO PLEASE TAKE TIME TO GET YOU AND YOUR FRIEND TO SIGN THE PETITION AND HELP NOW THEN WE CAN ONLY HOPE THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT WILL SEE THIS AND STOP THE MADNESS!!!