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> Schneider said the legislation was likely to include a ban on non-residents buying cannabis in order to dissuade drug-tourism. Given the fact they're sharing
by dep_b 7y ago
> Schneider said the legislation was likely to include a ban on non-residents buying cannabis in order to dissuade drug-tourism.
Given the fact they're sharing a border with France: probably a good idea.
- reallydontask 7y agoA genuine question, Aren't all EU citizens supposed to be treated equally across the EU? How would such a ban work?
- qekbg 7y ago>A genuine question, Aren't all EU citizens supposed to be treated equally across the EU? Nope. At least by now, but little by little they are taking the sovereignty of members.
- unilynx 7y agoWe'll see soon enough.. we just need someone to get arrested first. It's a good thing they picked Luxembourg for this experiment, it will cut back on the travel time for everyone involved getting to the ECJ
- mtarnovan 7y agoWho exactly is "they"? Tinfoil much?
- guan 7y agoPresumably all residents, including those from other EU/EEA countries, would be allowed to buy. I believe discrimination against nonresidents is allowed under EU law in many contexts, for example for social benefits. (But not allowed in other contexts, for example discrimination against nonresidents can restrict the free movement of capital.)
- phaemon 7y agoThey are being treated equally. A citizen of France who is resident in Luxembourg would be able to purchase. A citizen of Luxembourg who is resident in France, wouldn't. You can have rules that apply only to residents, but they have to be applied to any resident.
- hesk 7y agoIt is my understanding that this ability to discriminate only applies to acts by the state but not to commerce.
- Engineering-MD 7y agoPerhaps this could be workable by issuing all residents a license to buy? Restriction in buying items certainly exist: guns, alcohol, etc
- luckylion 7y agoMaybe I'm missing something, but Germany's personal car toll system was supposed to be offset by a rebate on car taxes that would benefit any resident (or more precisely: anybody paying their car taxes in Germany) and was found to be in violation of EU regulations. Are there special cases for tax rebates or what would have been the difference?
- raverbashing 7y agoEven different cities have different laws, the EU is not some magical homogeneous government as much as the haters want to purport it as such.
- rsynnott 7y agoNo problem with making rules based on residency; everyone does it (vast amounts of tax law, for instance). The citizenship of the residents is irrelevant here.
- bregma 7y agoCanada shares a border with the USA (where persecution of cannabis use is a billion-dollar profitable industry) and has made no effort to dissuide cannabis tourism. On the contrary: we welcome it it open doors.
- swebs 7y ago>where persecution of cannabis use is a billion-dollar profitable industry Source?
- whatshisface 7y agoBillions of dollars are spent prosecuting and jailing cannabis users, growers and merchants. The money comes from the taxpayers and goes to the companies and government agencies that do it. If you draw a surface that envelops the prison and policing industry but excludes taxpayers, it will look like billions are flowing in from weed enforcement.
- petraeus 7y agogoogle "war on drugs" and "prison industrial complex"
- thecleaner 7y agoPrivate prison industry. Incentive wise they have every incentive to fight cannabis reform. Easy convictions -> more convictions -> more demand for prisons.
- lawlorino 7y ago> On the contrary: we welcome it it open doors. Well good for you, but as someone who lives in the centre of Amsterdam I can understand the motivation to discourage drug tourism. Edit: to clarify it's not the reams of tourists getting high in coffee shops that I have a problem with, but the knock-on effects of it. Tourists treat the city like an adult themepark and recently the city council have been taking steps to address these problems.
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- aqme28 7y agoWhy is that a good idea? Is drug tourism necessarily a bad thing?
- kypro 7y agoProbably because not everyone is okay with thousands of people coming to their city every year just to take drugs.
- Scoundreller 7y agoIsn’t that Oktoberfest?
- hansjorg 7y agoAlcohol's not a drug, it's a drink.
- cocoggu 7y agoYou can dissolve MDMA in water, making it a drink. LSD is often liquid before being deposited on a stamp. Molecules are what matters, not the structure or state, and alcohol (like tobacco) is effectively a drug.
- smcl 7y agoI'm far from a puritan - I thoroughly enjoy my beer (and rum, and slivovice ...etc) - but let's be honest, the addictive properties of alcohol together with the societal, social and physical damage that it can cause either match or exceed substances which are otherwise treated as "drugs". This is not to say I think alcohol should be banned or more strongly controlled, but rather that we should really rethink how we harshly we view things like cannabis
- EForEndeavour 7y agoEthanol is literally a psychoactive recreational drug.