Even the folks in the Netherlands have had about enough. Famous for their lax drug laws, they've decided to tighten things up.
Backed by the far-right party of anti-immigrant politician Geert Wilders, the coalition government that came into power last year announced plans to curb drug tourism as part of a nationwide program to promote health and fight crime.
"In order to tackle the nuisance and criminality associated with coffee shops and drug trafficking, the open-door policy of coffee shops will end," the Dutch health and justice ministers wrote in a letter to the country's parliament on Friday.
They've figured out that their lax policies have a downside. Who'd have guessed?
