HowTheWorldWorks - the facts on Dutch (drug) tourism.

Lee Doren who runs the YouTube channel HowTheWorldWorks said in his video The Nashville Flood Happened that passing a law that prevents foreign tourist buying soft drugs would destroy the Dutch tourist industry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15y091SsYoQ&playnext_from=TL&videos=5l...

He got the information on the current proposal for this law and the current lawsuits surrounding this issue from the following article:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,693161,00.html

The current push for making the sale of soft drugs to foreigners illegal has to do with some severe issues we have around our borders with drugs runners. These drugs runners actually drive foreign tourists of the road to ask them if they want to buy drugs, and endanger everyone on the road when they are fleeing from the police. A lot of accidents have already happened, and some pursuits have ended with police firing guns in self defence.

Also the Dutch tourist industry isn't solely dependant on drug tourism. Drug tourism is just a 140 million industry on a total income of over 9 billion. Most people come here to relax, enjoy our culture, our landscape and take a look at all the historic landmarks.
http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/themas/vrije-tijd-cultuur/publicaties/publicatie...

So tourism wouldn't collapse if drug tourism would be banned, far from it.

Coffeeshop video clips from AdventuresInEurope:
http://www.youtube.com/user/adventuresineurope

Video clips of Amsterdam from Watch Mojo:
http://www.youtube.com/user/WatchMojo

Police footage from the Dutch tv show Wegmisbruikers:
http://www.sbs6.nl/web/show/id=125661/langid=43

Music by mindthings - Human Feelings
http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/9958

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[prafty]

and you think the drug smuggling will stop after this law? idiot

[CollinMaessen]

@prafty I never said I supported the law in the video, I'm explaining why it was proposed and people support it. Also if you had read the comments on this video you would have noticed that I disagree with this law.

[NerfDeathcoil]

This video serves as much point as the original comment that sparked it. Thumbs down.

[CollinMaessen]

@NerfDeathcoil Care to elaborate as to why?

[Wallekot12]

Holland's tourist euros come from Drugs and Prostitution.

Fact.

[CollinMaessen]

@Wallekot12 I have the suspicion you haven't watched the video and are trying to bait me. ;)

[Not2Sane]

If I went to Holland I would take in all the sights and scenes of that Gorgeous Country, but I won't lie. I'd hit up a hash bar once or twice :)

[robm425]

Prohibition for USA has done wonders for the drug war. All the government will do is create a black market opening availability of harder drugs

[speuler112]

@TheMessianicManic you know some of us Hollanders want to smoke it at home or in clubs or something like that:)

[randolf666]

al tourist are going crazy on our drugs.. you cant handle it, thats why they only want the dutch too do drugs :) many tourists are dying because they took some mushroom or xtc.. thats not why whe have drugs.. we use drugs to be relaxt an party not for depressions like you do

[wranglers575]

Wow this is so insulting to say that Hollands tourist industry is just based on drugs

[hyperseauton]

HTWW is an idiot.