European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine Plain lathes policeman removing a Potter As Amsterdam s hash museum was closed Down last month. Drug controls tightened slower Power wilting in Amsterdam by Francis x. Clines naw York times museum dldica1 de to me Bro and in of men of marijuana v , on a i  Amsbur Dirin canal front to old a nil and was immediately  re ii7 il1a i the rare pubic crack a -1. Nis a Mac inc nov. No a or  i the it  a my j or re j in Amilca Rajam reputed As ii rep / j inn i  and Rico  in la n o /  i at the same Lime Mafi Juzina enthusiasts in another part of Lov a daily smoke or eat a dream s Wilh in cigarettes cookies and space Cokus on Sale at any of i he 200 openly tolerated can Bis  Hul Tho raid on the so called rms h museum Shiqi ilk d Eliut Amsterdam Licie isomer to to  in the 1960s and  Hucalo a Sanctuary Lor Bohemian Obi jitters and tinny Nacri in Ito 1ll70a no to Nijor cooperating in Ina Olor in the o year. It Thor ii f i in not. A Clodi a i in a a ii also Lim Luxl Iho Sci Iller phenomenon by culling a Down on Vai and building Iii j on official Qon Rosil toward Tran incl Poling people who Bumble hero like bees to pollen. Like All Ido Listic move Cal. In go a Hil Down Cion and in incas and to  said Gil hurl a in slip Joron. I he City s no Hidman. The a Lionel  in the i a inc. Although snip in humic to the Laisson Faniro local up poach. Hcan soiling Lough Anson  fur Luis cute s to heroin. Cocaine and of her hard drugs who Are them in target of the police. Tho sentence or heroin trafficking was tripled to 12 years with i talc Chance for parole lately an increasing number of new Orison inmates has been Lound Lobo addict cd to hard drugs the Rhaull is a subtly diff enl amyloid of according to City and National offi its. Even if Tho busloads of Middle class tourists do not quite realize Ilas they share at some of he hollow eyed addicts. Officials Nole several changes in the drug scene in the still proudly tolerant society. For one. Inc hard drug problem in Amsterdam is becoming stabilized among an aging group of about 8,000 addicts. There arc More than 15,000 addicts nationally add 50 other comm Miles have introduced methadone maintenance pro ams to ease withdrawal irom heroin in Par because Amsterdam is Iryma to decentralize its problem and Send addicts Back Home. We know our image is still bad in other countries and critics say of my god Amsterdam again but to Are nol so Liberal As people i Hank said Eddy l Engelsman head of alcohol and drug control in the National ministry of health we Imd Hal with our integrated policy the drug problem is stabilizing or  at the same time the City has closed 90 Mari Uana cafes in the last two years or violating the Public. Pig Eulor s expediency Rule by refusing o slay Low key and avoid the use o hard drugs of Licals said the cafe experience showed that in did nol i Vilc wider use of soft drugs or evolve into experimentation with harder drugs. According to government data the number of marijuana users has remained steady in recen decades at about 3 percent of the population. A group of aging baldish British Punk bikers loudly consuming hashish and insulting passers by the other week outside a marijuana Cale called the bulldog seemed engaged in a parody of the dim Heefer madness Asil they could nol stand inc oficial leniency the Itinger younger surrounding crowd was quietly enjoying boor wine pastry and marijuana at sidewalk tables. Tho discouragement of foreign hard drug users also has helped stabilize inc drug scene. A strict one Lor the Road methadone policy is now in Force or alien addicts who arc also required to produce a return he act Homo. Dutch officials who Are regularly criticized by Wesl Germany where the drug Laws Are Moie draconian have Lound a particular problem with germans addicted to had drugs fleeing hero. The 60 deaths related to hard drugs in the Netherlands last year included 35 visiting germans. Only 16 of the addicts Wera Dulch from a population of 14 million according to the City police arrests for trafficking in hard drugs have steadily risen to 2,468 last year along with a 30 percent Rise in Tho amount of heroin seized to about 450 pounds. Cocaine is a growing Pion Lem though not considered comparable to heroin addiction. About 180 pounds of cocaine were seized last year compared with 11 pounds in 9b5. We Are taking a pragmatic non moralistic Nan Emo Honal non sensational approach to the drug problem Engelsman said the Netherlands he added is slowly  drugs without a Milo dramatic " War that drives users of hard and sol drugs underground. The Campaign is nol anti Rel tree of hypocrisy much like a times Square vice crack do a. Hie in Pii raid on the hash museum ended  the place being quietly Jenii sued to open live hour1. Inter Wenio ii nod nut to i i ate p lbs i 1 a -1 lib pro 1-." i  of i in of Jill. Ahik  to. I it i if. Ars a to so Lipits