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Dutch Government's Absurd New "Weed Pass" Rule Prompts Big Storm of Resistance

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. May 2, 2012.

Dutch cannabis coffee shop owners aren't banning foreigners or going "members only" without a fight.

8 Adventure Tourist Destinations That Respect Tribal Peoples

Joanna Eede, AlterNet. September 22, 2011.

Adventure travel can be extremely dangerous -- for tribal peoples. One man's 'landscape' of escape is, quite simply, another man's home.

Perceptions of Drug War Mean Mexican Tourist Destinations See Sharp Downturn In Business

Jose Luis Serra, New America Media. September 24, 2010.

"I have found myself. I have found my life. I have found my real spirit," says Colleen Toscan, a native of Newport Beach, California who is now a vintner in Mexico.

A Foreign Tourist Tipped Me a Buck for Being American ... What Does that Say About Our Empire?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. January 1, 2010.

A strange occurrence.

High Adventure Is Hard to Find in This Explored-Already World

Anneli Rufus, East Bay Express. August 3, 2007.

Writers looking for adventure these days are having a hard time exploring new ground -- should we be excited by a book on life as a dishwasher in all 50 states?

Exotic Tourism with a Twist: Travelling Through the 'Axis of Evil'

Jared Ferrie, The Tyee. June 27, 2007.

Tony Wheeler traveled to Iran, North Korea and Afghanistan and found that the media's image of the countries has very little to with what daily life is like in those places.