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Dutch famous Tourist Town Volendam full of hard drug users
According to Dutch television
Volendam (Source: http://www.rtvnh.nl/nieuws/90937/Volendam+topt+Eur)
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According to Dutch television show “˜Spuiten en Slikken´, which talks candidly about drugs with young adults, the picturesque fishing village of Volendam uses more drugs per capita than cities like Milan, Paris and London.
The sewer water, which was tested by the KWR Watercycle Research Institute, came up with the equivalent of one line of cocaine per 40 inhabitants. With XTC, Volendam takes the No. 3 spot in Europe, just behind the cities of Amsterdam and Eindhoven.
In July we already told you that Amsterdam had sewers full of hard drugs, but Volendam only has 22,000 inhabitants, although it attracts a lot of weekend drug users. Volendam is not as much the butt of jokes as the town of Urk, where kids drink and snort their religion-induced boredom away, but is home to many Dutch music artists that people either love or find annoying, making this discovery an excuse to make fun of Volendam.
In July we already told you that Amsterdam had sewers full of hard drugs, but Volendam only has 22,000 inhabitants, although it attracts a lot of weekend drug users. Volendam is not as much the butt of jokes as the town of Urk, where kids drink and snort their religion-induced boredom away, but is home to many Dutch music artists that people either love or find annoying, making this discovery an excuse to make fun of Volendam.
An analysis of waste water from the Noord-Holland town of Volendam shows its inhabitants use more cocaine and ecstasy than in major European cities such as Milan, Paris and London.
This summer, KWR and other water research institutes carried out an analysis of raw sewage in 19 European cities and found Amsterdam and Antwerp had the highest rate of cocaine use, while the use of MDMA (ecstasy) was also highest in The Netherlands and Belgium.
The television show named Spuiten en Slikken, which focuses on drugs and sex-related issues, wanted to know how accurate the figures are and commissioned the Volendam survey.
This summer, KWR and other water research institutes carried out an analysis of raw sewage in 19 European cities and found Amsterdam and Antwerp had the highest rate of cocaine use, while the use of MDMA (ecstasy) was also highest in The Netherlands and Belgium.
The television show named Spuiten en Slikken, which focuses on drugs and sex-related issues, wanted to know how accurate the figures are and commissioned the Volendam survey.
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