Word: amsterdam
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Charles Overby is not optimistic about his future. The bearded American works in a so-called smart-shop, selling hallucinogenic mushrooms in Amsterdam's touristy Rembrantsplein area. When he first arrived in the Netherlands in 1998, paddos, as they are locally known, were legal, and the country seemed like an enlightened sanctuary of mind expansion. "I consider myself as the facilitator of a shamanic journey, and I take that very seriously," he says. But now that Overby is planning to buy the store he's been working in, the Dutch government proposes to ban his main line of merchandise...
...doubt he means it. But to Ab Klink, the Dutch Minister for Health, the ban is about public health and social order. Roughly a hundred tourists a year are driven away in an Amsterdam ambulance after mushroom consumption. The fact that almost all incidents involve foreign tourists led Klink to the conclusion, he says, that "it is absolutely undesirable that citizens of neighboring countries run these health risks." But the ban could end up promoting other mind-blowing compounds, some of which pack more punch - and carry more risks - than magic mushrooms...
...Bent” opens, Max and his boyfriend Rudy, played by Harvard graduate student Aaron G. Schmidt, attempt to get papers to travel to Amsterdam after a man Max brings home with them from a nightclub is arrested at their apartment...
...reported on by the Committee. The government has so far followed the Committee's advice in all cases, some 75 percent favorably resolved for the claimants. "They've made a big effort to make right what was done wrong," says Joel Cahen, Director of the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam. Ministry of Culture spokesman Bob van het Klooster says people can submit claims indefinitely, although they expect the Katz' are the last of the big claims. "There aren't any more big art dealers left who had to flee...
...Indonesian capital's top socialites, tycoons and politicians, as well as visiting celebs like Mick Jagger and Julia Roberts. She also sells her work through a smattering of high-end boutiques in Europe, the U.S., the Middle East and Japan. Samples of her fabrics hang in museums in Amsterdam, Sydney and Japan...