Rotterdam to close 27 hash cafés

Rotterdam city council has voted to shut down 27 so-called coffee shops, where small amounts of cannabis can be bought and sold, because they are too close to schools. Earlier this year the city decided to shutter all coffee shops within 250-metres walking distance from secondary schools by 2009. The owners will not receive compensation.

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