Amsterdam Outsmarts Souvenir Seekers By Selling 'no Smoking Cannabis' Signs

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AMSTERDAM OUTSMARTS SOUVENIR SEEKERS BY SELLING 'NO SMOKING CANNABIS' SIGNS
Amsterdam's "no smoking cannabis" signs have proved so popular with souvenir hunters the authorities are selling replicas.
The sign in the De Baarsjes district has had to be replaced three times in a week, said Rinze van Opstal, a local official, but more than 350 would-be purchasers have already ordered replicas at 90 euros
($123) each. "It is an overwhelming success, we were expecting between 10 and 20 potential buyers," he said. The proceeds will go to charity.
The ordinance banning the smoking of joints around the Mercatorplein square came into effect on Feb. 1 in a bid to stop trouble from youths getting high and loitering. It was the first to ban cannabis smoking in public in the Netherlands.