Bass Aackwards

This one goes out to CrypticCat, 2o2p's resident pothe...I mean, resident of the Netherlands.

While the Netherlands has kept its liberal policy on the smoking of cannabis in the country's legendary "coffee shops", zero tolerance is now shown to tobacco smokers in Dutch cafes and restaurants after a smoking came ban came into force last July.

An Amsterdam police spokesman admitted that it could be difficult to understand the current Dutch policy of allowing smokers to puff away on pure cannabis while fining tobacco users.

"For logic it is sometimes impossible to explain, even to the Dutch," he said.

The man was caught lighting a hand rolled cannabis joint during a routine police check and fined because officers found tobacco mixed with the soft drug.

"The man was not fined for smoking a cannabis joint but for smoking. You can smoke cannabis but not tobacco in coffee shops."

Full story here. That's right...no harm, no foul for smoking up a fatty of pure weed, but lace it with tobacco and you'll get a fat fine thrown down on you. Feel free to swagger into any one of the red-lighted single rooms of sin that blanket the city of Amsterdam, but break out those Marlboros and the cops will come down on you like vultures.