Beer Apocalypse – Amsterdam Bans Beer Bikes
Beer Apocalypse – Amsterdam Bans Beer Bikes
Amsterdam, the Netherlands’ beautiful capital city that’s known for its scenic canals, as well as for their permissive drug and prostitution policy, has taken a stand against ‘beer bikes.’
It’s true…as of today (November 1st) you’ll still be able to score weed, hashish, hash oil, and hallucinogenic mushrooms in Amsterdam…but you’re no longer allowed to ride around on those stupid multi-seat, beer bike contraptions, getting sloshed with your friends.
Turns out the locals, who live in a city that champions provocatively clad prostitutes on display in windows, have had it with the drunken behavior of beer-bike participants, (many of them tourists on stag party junkets) and they successfully petitioned the courts to put an end to the ‘beer-crazed madness.’
After all who wants to see drunken tourists reportedly “urinating and exposing themselves in public while riding through the city streets?” Especially when you’re high on ‘magic mushrooms.’
Talk about a buzzkill!
The debate surrounding these slow-moving beer bikes, which tied up traffic on Amsterdam’s historic streets, led to a petition with some 6,000 signatures, which was handed to the city’s council calling for a ban on the “terrible phenomenon”.
And today that “terrible phenomenon” has come to an end, but you can still legally roll around with prostitutes buzzed on hash-oil….so there’s still that.