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Wow, I didn't know the Netherlands had never really legalized cannabis... Also, I'm from Portugal, and although I knew being caught using some drugs would take
by miguelpais 17y ago
Wow, I didn't know the Netherlands had never really legalized cannabis...
Also, I'm from Portugal, and although I knew being caught using some drugs would take no action from the police, I didn't know we were that liberal...
Anyway, whoever is caught selling goes to jail...
- jvdh 17y agoThe situation in the Netherlands is a little more complicated than the article leads you to believe. It is legal to possess cannabis, it is also legal to grow it at home, as long as it is for personal use. What they say about not enforcing the laws against the shops is partly true. The shops are allowed to have a very small amount in stock. However, the legal amount is ridiculously small, and less than what most stores sell in a day. The shops solve this by having regular drops during the day. I'm not completely sure, but I believe that the warehouses where the shops get their drops from are legally allowed. And I'm also not completely sure about the legallity of importing cannabis from other countries, although it does happen a lot.
- wheels 17y agoFalse. Possession is illegal in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is a signatory to international treaties which it would have to back out of to formally legalize certain drugs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_the_Netherlands#Non-enforcement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_the_Netherlands#...