I can honestly say that my encounters with the "light drug zones" in both Amsterdam and "Fristaden" in Copenhagen has basically been a display of people of dubious personal hygiene living in their own filth while trying to present some caveman-like aestethic of "free spirit." These areas are all ruled by a feudal system of biker gangs and organized crime cartels.
Anyways, during my first trip to Holland back in 1979, Utrecht to be precise, I was greeted at the airport by the sight of a rockabilly/teddyboy wearing a quite stupendous quiff and a t-shirt that said "Jesus was a f***ing hippie!" in very large letters. So much for the blasphemy law.
