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Cannabis coffee shops are establishments in the Netherlands where the sale of cannabis for personal consumption by the public is tolerated by the local authorities. Under the drug policy of the Netherlands, the sale of cannabis products in small quantities is allowed by licensed coffee shops. The majority of these also serve drinks and food. Coffeeshops are not allowed to serve alcohol or other drugs, and risk closure if they are found to be selling soft drugs to minors, hard drugs or selling alcohol. The idea of coffee shops was introduced in the 1970s for the explicit purpose of keeping hard and soft drugs separated. In the Netherlands, 105 of the 443 municipalities have at least one coffee shop. A Dutch judge has ruled that tourists can legally be banned from entering cannabis cafes, as part of restrictions that were implemented in 2012. This ban does not apply to the city of Amsterdam.〔http://www.amsterdam.info/coffee-shop-news/〕 Dutch coffee houses not serving cannabis are called ''koffiehuis'' (literally "coffee house"), while a ''café'' is the equivalent of a bar. ==Coffee shop law== In the Netherlands, the selling of cannabis is "illegal, but not punishable", so the law is not enforced in establishments following these nationwide rules: * No advertising * No hard drug sales on the premises * No sales to anyone under the age of 18 * No sale of quantities greater than five grams * No public disturbances For some offenses, a business may be forced to close for three to six months; for others, the business may be closed permanently. All these rules are detailed in official policies. Coffee shops are no longer allowed to sell alcohol. Most coffee shops advertise, and the constraint is more moderating than outright prohibitive. In a gesture of discretion still technically required, many coffee shops keep the cannabis menu below the counter, even when the cannabis itself is in more-or-less plain view. Dutch coffee shops often fly green-yellow-red Ethiopian flags, other symbols of the Rastafari movement, or depiction of palm leaves to indicate that they sell cannabis, as a consequence of the official ban on direct advertising. This aesthetic attracts many public artists who may be paid to create murals in the coffee shops and use the Rastafari and reggae related imagery. Apart from government imposed law some shops also self impose some laws like not selling alcohol along with cannabis, hard drugs or other narcotics not allowed in the premise.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.coffeeshopibiza.com/#!coffeeshop-info/c1h6a )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cannabis coffee shop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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