Clampdown on cannabis cafes as Holland makes it harder for foreign tourists to buy the drug

By Gareth Dorrian

PUBLISHED: 21:00 GMT, 27 April 2012 | UPDATED: 22:55 GMT, 27 April 2012

A controversial law that will make it harder for foreign tourists to buy cannabis at Holland’s famous coffee shops has been upheld by a Dutch court.

The law reverses 40 years of liberal drugs policies in the Netherlands.

It targets the many foreigners who have come to see the country as a soft drugs paradise and to tackle a rise in crime related to the drug trade.

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