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Weed isnβt legal in The Netherlands, the sale of weed is only condoned. Meaning the coffee shops who sell weed cant legally purchase it.
As far as the laws concerned it magically appears.
so they illegally purchase it and then sell illegal goods, legally?
Eh, not legally. It's illegal but condoned (up to 5 gram, for personal use only). Meaning they won't arrest or prosecute you for it, but technically you are still beaking the law. I guess in theory some DA could add it along with other charges. But since we don't have a US-style kangaroo court system, this never happens.
What does that mean?
A lot of DA's in the US trump up charges and add anything they can think of, often in order to scare the defendant into settling out of court. I believe some 97% of cases in the US are settled out of court. That doesn't happen over here.
OK. Thank you for explaining.
In the the old days, frontier judges would βhopβ from one town to another and hold mock court in which the principles of law and justice are disregarded or perverted.
I guess I don't think of the US court system as being like that today.
Should we call this "blind-eye economics"? I just kinda like the sound of it lol
Ah yes, the magically appearing coffeeshopwiet. I'm trying to get rid of it officer, honestly, but it just keeps coming back! Suppose I may as well sell it for a reasonable price in my humble little shop in Doetinchem. Perhaps with a bit of coffee on the side. Maybe in edible form for those who can't smoke the leaves.
There are bow trials being done with legally grown weed. Meaning it's a government run weed farm.
Wasn't there a country where some company ran a "lost and found" service where you'd pay them to "find your weed". Like they were selling you weed but in order to make it legal their business was for you to pay them to find your lost weed.
can people not use that to take each otherβs shops down?
How, if they're all playing at the same game? Like, what would be the point, if you get them to start busting others for it, they'll eventually bust you too..