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From: faustus@ucbcad.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Criticism of Dutch Government
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Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 13:05:03 EST
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> But who invented the story that drugs and/or prostitution are or have
> ever been legal in the Netherlands? Drugs (besides coffee, tabac and alco-
> hol) simply are illegal, prostitution is forbidden, not only the prostitu-
> tes c.s. are trespassing, any city, town or village allowing prostitutes
> to do their job is trespassing too. 

Hmm... Well, when I was in Amsterdam, I saw some pretty obvoius cases
of prostitution (scantily clad women sitting in windows with red lights
in them), and drug sales openly taking place in clubs such as the Milky
Way. I also heard about this earlier on 60 Minutes, where they stated
that some drugs such as hashish are legal and government-regulated, as
is prostitution.  Unless you can provide some documentary evidence to the
contrary I won't be convinced...

	Wayne