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Canberran here - not to detract from your point, but possession of cannabis plants here isn't legal, it's merely "decriminalised", which in this case means for
by ajdlinux 10y ago
Canberran here - not to detract from your point, but possession of cannabis plants here isn't legal, it's merely "decriminalised", which in this case means for small quantities that are for personal use, police have the power to issue a "Simple Cannabis Offence Notice" which can be discharged by payment of a fine similar to a traffic ticket. The plants will still be confiscated.
- FuckOffNeemo 10y agoThank you for the correction :)
- ptaipale 10y agoSame goes with Amsterdam (or Netherlands overall). Cannabis isn't "legal", the policy is just non-enforcement. Possession with 5 grams is not prosecuted. Possession of 5 plants is usually not prosecuted if renounced by cultivator. With "hard" drugs, things are different. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_the_Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_the_Netherlands
- gtvwill 10y agoAye I havE heard the confiscation is at the discretion of the officers involved. Have known some old hats that grew in their backyard in Canberra. If the cops came knocking they usually got a fine and asked to keep things discrete for the neighbors sake. Weird as hell, have even on the rarest of occasions heard of this happening in nsw, I guess some cops don't fully back the laws they are supposed to enforce for the better occasionally.