tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post3454599599787228618..comments2023-09-20T11:15:28.673+01:00Comments on Transform Drug Policy Foundation Blog: UNODC director goes to Amsterdam: the lost reportjanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15263261726046054614noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-8405402754801064112008-06-05T19:10:00.000+01:002008-06-05T19:10:00.000+01:00According to a report published by Bloomberg six y...According to a report <A HREF="http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/14/thread14727.shtml" REL="nofollow">published by Bloomberg</A> six years ago:<BR/><BR/>"For every 20 euros a tourist spends stocking up on White Widow, White Smurf or Warlock marijuana, he or she spends 200 euros on food and lodging in the city, coffee-shop owners estimated.<BR/>(...)<BR/>"The 1976 decriminalization of smoking marijuana contributed to the Dutch economy. Drugs were a 1.4 billion euro ($1.36 billion) business worth 0.5 percent of gross domestic product in 1995, the last time the government collected such figures."<BR/><BR/>Apart from this, they cash in around <A HREF="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/535/dutch_marijuana_tax" REL="nofollow">$600 million a year</A> from taxes to The Coffee Shops.<BR/><BR/>Drug tourism and tolerance are a real plight for the Dutch, no doubt.DDAAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13444025834720354562noreply@blogger.com