It's kinda sad that while the US seems to be more and more open to the idea of legalised marihuana, here in the Netherlands we are slowly moving in the opposite direction. This might also have something to do with the EU: for example Franch citizens sometimes travel to the Netherlands to buy hash or weed. France doesn't like this, so recently our so-called coffee-shops[0] have been required to ask for identification and it's not allowed to sell hash & weed to foreigners. So what happens now is the weed is being sold on the streets buy Dutch citizens to foreigners - the new laws actually caused an increase in criminal activity.

Actually our laws are rather weird: a coffee-shop may sell hash or weed, but may not buy it - we still allow them to buy it, but I guess it has to be from some illegal sources since in the Netherlands we are allowed to grow a few plants for private consumption only.

Also, several years ago a French girl committed suicide in Amsterdam while under the influence of magic mushrooms[1]. Because of these kinds of incidents with foreigners magic mushrooms became illegal. There is still a legal alternative of course, "magic truffles", but it's saddening to see these kinds of changes in my country.

[0]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_coffee_shop

[1]: http://www.simplyamsterdam.nl/news/French_tourist_in_Amsterd...