![]() ![]() But the internet had their dose of distraction from all the pictures of queues outside marijuana coffee shops. The nation in total has so far recorded 20 deaths from COVID-19 disease and 1,135 infections. It is not necessary." The Dutch flower industry also warned on Sunday that it was facing huge losses due to canceled orders during one of the busiest times of the year. The cannabis queues came despite Health Minister Bruno Bruins making an "urgent appeal" to Dutch people during Sunday's press conference, saying: "Do not hoard. Whereas days earlier it was supermarkets besieged with people trying to hoard toilet paper and pasta, the sudden announcement of the coffee shop closure meant there were new priorities. The weed industry is a big tourist draw in the Netherlands as well as a significant business, with legal sales estimated by various studies at roughly 1 billion euros (1.1 billion) a year. Similar scenes were reported around the country, with pictures on social media of long queues outside coffee shops in the capital Amsterdam and the historic university city of Utrecht. The queues built up minutes after the Dutch health and education ministers gave a televised press conference announcing the closure of many businesses, along with all Dutch schools. The Casa Rosso, Peepshow, Banana Bar and Erotic Museum were among the adult entertainment venues along the capital that shut down. They were told to stop serving customers at 18:00 (10:30 pm IST) on Sunday.Ĭustomers lined up in their dozens as they tried to beat a deadline for the closure of the marijuana cafes and stockpile weed supplies for what could be weeks of lockdown. ![]() The measure included famous Dutch bars selling hashish and cannabis and strip clubs, Health Minister Arie Slob said. The government ordered all restaurants, cafes and schools to shut down until April 6. Sex clubs in Amsterdam’s Red Light district were told to close down and long lines formed outside marijuana 'coffee shops' on Sunday, as the Netherlands imposed tight restrictions to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. That's right - Amsterdam streets are full of queues and lines waiting to hoard some good weed for the quarantine periods so they never run out. In the middle of shutdowns, quarantines, and supply hoarding, Amsterdam is looking for the one thing that they don't ever want to run out of. ![]()
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