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On the topic of marijuana, the US is more liberal than most European countries. In exactly two European countries, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, can y
by Aqwis 13y ago
On the topic of marijuana, the US is more liberal than most European countries. In exactly two European countries, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, can you obtain marijuana for medical purposes without risk of a fine or in the worst case ending up in jail.
- stevoski 13y agoAnd Spain - at least, in Barcelona, where there are legal ways to obtain marijuana, and not even for medical reasons.
- corin_ 13y agoSeems like whether they are legal or not is debatable, although the extent of my knowledge on Spanish law is having read this link just now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_medical_status_of_cannabis#Spain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_medical_status_of_can...
- collyw 13y agoIts pretty tolerated compared to UK and Austria (the countries I have lived in). You regularly smell it in the street, and police don't make such a big deal from anecdotal evidence.
- corin_ 13y agoI've on multiple occasions been on a UK street, witnessed a very strong smell of weed with police officers walking along near me, and had them do nothing. That said, I'd personally never take the risk of smoking in public in the UK (though I do know people who do). Belgium's another country that's very relaxed about it. The friends I have there who smoke have to drive over to NL to buy it (I guess there are street dealers too), but I've stood in the centre of Antwerp smoking a joint chatting to a police officer, and that anecdote matches up with my friends there who say it's very relaxed.
- NAFV_P 13y ago> I've on multiple occasions been on a UK street, witnessed a very strong smell of weed with police officers walking along near me, and had them do nothing. Whether or not you get busted depends on the personal opinions of the police officer.
- Adirael 13y agoThere are no legal ways to obtain marijuana in Barcelona. If it's Sativex what you're talking about it's not the same and it was a trial on 600 patiens.
- corin_ 13y agoPortugal also - you can possess it for personal use (medicinal or otherwise) as long as it's under 25g and you don't use it in public. (Same with other drugs there.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_medical_status_of_cannabis#Portugal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_and_medical_status_of_can...
- mschuster91 13y agoIn Berlin, weed is ...liberally treated by the police. A park with a huge refugee population is known for its open-view dope dealers, and the distric parliament is even thinking of using a loophole in controlled-substances laws to open an experimental coffee shop (Germans, read http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2013-11/berlin-kreuzberg-friedrichshain-coffeeshop http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2013-11/berlin...).