The Netherlands discourages working out if you're underage while they don't ban drugs..... very weird!
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1 :
They do ban drugs. Just not marijuana and prostitution.
2 :
it is a lil weird
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Since when has prostitution been a drug? Secondly, - All drugs are illegal in the Netherlands. Sales of marijuana (cannabis/weed whatever you want to call it) are 'tolerated' under certain conditions: - no more than five grams per person may be sold in any one transaction; - no hard drugs may be sold; - drugs may not be advertised; - the coffee shop must not cause any nuisance; - no drugs may be sold to persons under the age of 18, nor may minors be admitted on the premises. Hard drugs are absolutely not tolerated and are acted upon stringently. By tolerating marijuana, resources can be targeted to hard drugs. Prostitution is legal (did you know that there are many countries where this is the same e.g. Greece, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Finland (and even in many countries the act is legal but the business surrounding it is not). The Dutch government accepts that this is going to take place, and you can either manage it in a clean, regulated environment, whereas other countries governments sweep it under the carpet thereby creating ghetto style areas in cities at night with street-walking prostitions who are exploited and placed at grave danger. The policies are very transparant and on the whole understood well by the Dutch general public. It is just a shame that other countries do not understand them as well and insist on dealing in stereotypes, myths and rumours!
