like... are there stores that sell heroin or cocaine.. i mean i doubt it but someone told me there is.... or are these drugs strictly sold on the streets?? and are they legal also?
There are several "smartshops" around the place...selling mushrooms...peyote and herbal extasy etc.... Foget the pills they try to sell you but read your Castenada and have fun with the mushrooms and cacti. Here's a useful link http://www.amsterdam.info/smartshops/ You will not find any shops selling coke or H....though you may get offered some...probably better to avoid it.
Canfordcliffs is right.. Also, there is a difference here between harddrugs (which is always illegal) and softdrugs (which is legal to have in small amount.. small enough to make it clear that it is for personal use and not for selling). Cocaine and heroin are definately harddrugs.. stuff that can be bought in smartshops is softdrugs (I think...).. I'm not really sure what the deal is with things like LSD, XTC etc.. but I'm sure that people who work in smartshops can tell you all about that and about the laws, even if they don't sell it themselves. Have fun & be safe!
As the law stands ALL drugs are illegal, Hash/Weed are tolerated in small amounts (up to 30 grams per person), smartshops can sell you fresh mushrooms (Dried ones also illegal) although some of the smartshops will sell dried ones (just ask!), they also sell legal versions of XTC and LSD and all manner of other goodies, hard drugs (Coke, Heroin, Crack etc) are all illegal and these are avaliable off the street people but if your caught either doing a deal or in possesion your f****d so my advice is dont buy anything off the street (The chances are you'll be ripped off) Jon.
I really want to go to amsterdam :sunglasse are the smartshop employees pretty cool? what are the chances that you would get busted carrying around more then 30 or so grams? thanx much
From my own personal experiences I dont think you'd get busted with whatever amount of weed/hash your carrying as long as your behaving yourself and not acting like a c**k have a look here you'll see what I mean (No there not my pics) www.editguy.com/420 enjoy Jon.