Clampdown on Rotterdam coffee shops

A total of 27 of Rotterdam’s 62 coffee shops – where marijuana can be bought in small quantities – will have to close by 2009 because they are too close to schools. The city council has drawn up new rules banning coffee shops from operating within 250 metres’ walking distance of secondary schools.

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