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(1 May 2012) PLEASE NOTE - EDIT CONTAINS EXPLETIVES 1. Wide shot of demonstration taking place on Maastricht''''s main square 2. Mid of protester with megaphone, shouting: UPSOUND (English) "Let''''s keep Holland clean" 3. Close of protester speaking on megaphone 4. Close of demonstrator holding a pro-cannabis poster 5. Mid of demonstrator with loud whistle 6. Set-up of Maastricht''''s mayor Onno Hoes 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Onno Hoes, mayor of Maastricht: "The people of our city complain a lot about drugs tourists and drug runners, who try to sell illegal stuff here on the streets, and you also get a mix between soft drugs and hard drugs, so the total policy in the Netherlands should change from the 1st of May. That means that we will be much tougher against the coffee shops owners." 8. Wide of demonstration on Maastricht''''s main square 9. Mid of demonstration 10. Mid of two young protesters, shouting: UPSOUND (English) "Fuck the weed pass" 11. SOUNDBITE (English) 19-year-old Sebastian Rathermacher, protester: "It think it''''s a real shame, because it''''s ignorant to assume that they can just push weed out of Dutch culture by making this weed pass and try to close down the coffee shops. I think, what they are actually trying to do is strangle the coffee shops out of business." 12. Wide of demonstration STORYLINE: Dozens of people demonstrated in Maastricht''''s main square against a policy barring foreign tourists from buying marijuana in the Netherlands that went into effect in parts of the country on Tuesday. From May 1, only holders of a "weed pass" are supposed to be allowed to purchase the drug in three southern provinces. Non-residents aren''''t eligible for the pass, which means tourists are effectively banned. Most shops in Maastricht plan to refuse to use the pass, and kept their doors shut on Tuesday. The city of Maastricht borders both Belgium and Germany, and has suffered the effects of a constant flow of traffic from non-Dutch Europeans driving to the city just to purchase as much cannabis as possible and drive back home. According to mayor Onno Hoes, the new policy comes as an answer to the complaints of Maastricht''''s citizens, tired of "drugs tourists and drug runners, who try to sell illegal stuff here on the streets." This, Hoes added, will result in tougher measures against coffee shops owners who don''''t comply to the new policy. "It''''s ignorant to assume that they can just push weed out of Dutch culture by making this weed pass and try to close down the coffee shops," one protester, 19-year-old Sebastian Rathermacher, said. "I think, what they are actually trying to do is strangle the coffee shops out of business," he added. Marijuana is technically illegal in the Netherlands, but it has been sold openly for decades in small amounts in designated cafes known as "coffee shops" under the country''''s famed tolerance policy. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...