Femke Halsema

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema recently called for the legalization and regulation of cocaine.  "We have handed the market to unscrupulous criminals," Halsema said, according to High Times, citing an interview with the Dutch newspaper Financieele Dagblad.  "They earn billions. And in the meantime,...

Smoking pot in Amsterdam's world-famous red light district will no longer be allowed. At least, legally. Under the new rules unveiled by the city lawmakers on Thursday, it will be illegal to smoke marijuana on the street in the red light district starting mid-May. Sex workers would have to...

As surprising as it sounds, Amsterdam's cannabis tourism has been famous for decades even though cultivation is banned in The Netherlands. Coffee shops are forced to illegally buy a product that they then sell legally without any problems. Now the government is seeking to eliminate the illicit...