Nice to read about my dear city Amsterdam (I call it the little big city) like this. I have lived in the Jordaan for 15 years and my son is born there. Good point about the oil rig. Also Amsterdam is a port so maybe he was on a vessel and went out in the city center to have some fun.
Kind of OT About cannabis....our laws on that are complicated and weird, tolerated, but not legal, never was.
All drug laws are based on the 1928 Opium Act, which states that possession of any kind of drugs (list 1 (hard drugs) or 2 (soft drugs) is prohibited. However, the Opium Act also states that certain shops where cannabis use takes place (coffee shops) are tolerated by the local authorities. This is called the "tolerance policy". Contrary to popular belief, recreational cannabis is decriminalized and not legalized. The coffee shops have to buy it illegally, (professional growing is strictly prohibited, having more then 5 plants is considered professional) so from "criminals" (except for medical cannabis)....Sometimes the law is enforced for cannabis use. For example, if it is considered a threat to the health of young people, you could be prosecuted (for example for smoking cannabis near a school or on public transport). Whether or not you will be prosecuted is decided by the local authorities, not the government.
Technically, you can even face a prison sentence for possession of a small amount. The limit for a "small amount" is five grams. If you have more than five grams, you can be fined for a first offense, or a prison sentence if you are caught with a larger amount. If you are caught with less than five grams of cannabis, it will likely be confiscated, but you will not be prosecuted and you will not be fined.
Cannabis in Nederland: wetgeving, coffeeshops en meer
Maybe all this madness will be over soon The government researches legalization of the growing of weed.
I'm still not sure if this was a murder/homicide. I have never seen it mentioned like that. He was also never on the Dutch cold case calendar, which is issued since 2017. On there are also cases of unidentified persons, at least one who died of natural courses. I don't understand why they never asked some attention for him in all this years, even if it was natural or an OD. If it was a robbery resulting in death this would be considered a murder I think and so it would have been mentioned I guess. Confusing, because this case is on the murder-list though. Also there no additional info...The fact that there is so little info on him and the circumstances surrounding his death could mean there was probably another course of death with no harm brought upon him by another person. I wish we knew for sure.
Coldcasekalender, alle cold case zaken uit de coldcasekalenders
https://www.misdaadjournalist.nl/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/Moordlijst2014-dec.pdf
Maybe the police is too embarrassed about the lack of info and that's the reason they don't go public with it that much?