Originally posted by Elfie
I guess I was waaaaaaaay out in left field on Hollands drug policies.....heck, I dont think I was even in the ballpark.
Same thing applies to your interpretation of the guns situation in Britain. But I won't bring it up here.
I have watched a guy shooting heroin in a shop doorway in Amsterdam. Like Swoop, I've also been offered E and "coca" just walking down the street. It goes without saying that you've always been able to get marijuana and smoke it without being harassed by the police. You don't even need to do that - just go to any of the bars nearby the banana club, and inhale deeply. M is so freely available that I've not seen it offered on the street. Why bother? That would be like offering to sell normal cigarettes on the street. No point - you can get them anywhere.
Normally, I'm polite to trades people selling me stuff I don't want. In the case of these street drug dealers I say "no, ***k off". They seem OK about that, and simply go in search of another customer.