I wouldnt class myself as a Amsterdam Veteran, but I have got quite abit of experiance over there This is actually my 5th time in 3 years.
I always stay in a normal residential area and find that the "locals" coffee shops in those districts are nearly half price to the "tourist" ones...
I got no problem with rolling with tobacco as that is what I do everyday here in the UK, but I do like to roll up a few blunts when I got an hour or so...

Also, since the EU smoking ban, whatever they offer as a substitute to tobacco is unbelievably bad, Only thing worse than that stuff... is anything from Bulldog Bar!

Will definatly check out Hill Street Blues though, looks dope. I just wish they could get license to allow "Smoking Gardens" so you dont have to sit inside in the dark and dank ass spaces blasting Drum N Bass. I think my last trip of 9 days I smoked 3 joints inside... Most of them are pretty horrible inside...