Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Gorizia, Italy - Nova Gorica, Slovenia<br/>
Date: Mar 30, 2004 @ 14:01<br/>
Author: Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell &lt;knm@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-2032241669"><blockquote><span title="ireply">&gt;then for example how do the present schengen group prevent dutch legal <br/>
&gt;weed from reaching the nondutch area of schengen<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>With difficulty... hence all the complaints from the countries with, how <br/>
shall we say, less enlightened attitudes ;-)<br/>
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In theory, Schengen countries can temporarily reimpose border controls <br/>
under certain conditions (e.g. prevention of drug trafficking), but I&#39;ve <br/>
only heard of this happening on a handful of occasions. Even then, the <br/>
minor crossing points are unlikely to be policed.<br/>
<br/>
In addition, random checks can be made on the blue customs channels for <br/>
prohibited or restricted goods. However, I&#39;ve *never* seen this happen in <br/>
the 300+ times I&#39;ve used them.<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;one just doesnt smoke weed in public outside the netherlands<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>It depends where you are in the Netherlands. Some municipalities are more <br/>
liberal about this than others.<br/>
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Regards,<br/>
<br/>
Kevin Meynell</div>