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I don't think they're allowed to grow anything legally, although its decriminalised.

 

Although I'm not 100% on this. :thumbsup:

 

Thats a common mistake.. cannabis is just as illegal in The Netherlands as it is in Oz.. however.. the dutch parliament has decreed that there are far more important things for the police to be doing (tackling violent crime and 'hard' drugs for example) than chasing personal cannabis users.

 

quote from http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=4415

 

One facet of the Netherlands's move to normalize cannabis use is the de-facto decriminalization of cannabis possession by police. By not actively enforcing the prohibition laws on the streets, police reduce the consequences associated with possessing small quantities of cannabis for personal use. Additionally, the Dutch expediency principle helped to separate the true criminal element from the recreational consumer who posed a minimal risk to society. The expediency principle gave public prosecutors in the Netherlands discretionary powers, and in certain cases the prosecutor could decide not to prosecute. To prevent a situation occurring in which each public prosecutor goes their own way and thereby endangers the uniformity of policy, public guidelines were established for detecting and prosecuting different criminal offenses. The guidelines issued by the Public Prosecutions Department gave highest priority to combating trafficking and lowest to cases of possession. In practice this means that, although the police do confiscate any drugs found in someone's possession, the Public Prosecutions Department would refrain from prosecuting--on the grounds of public interest--in cases that involve relatively small quantities (up to 0.5 grams of hard drugs or 30 grams of soft drugs), unless the offender is also suspected of dealing or another drug-related crime.

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