belgium legal?

HOTROD69 · Apr 11, 2007

can peps in belgium legally order beans online from the DAM without question or problems??

northernwidow · Apr 11, 2007

i believe you can grow like two plants in your house in belgium. i was just there after amsterdam and they seemed pretty reefer friendly, where are you from?

Rasta_Man · Apr 11, 2007

When did hard fact become so scarce on GC?

Cannabis policy in Belgium
In Belgium the use of cannabis is tolerated. For example, a man was caught on the highway between the Netherlands and Belgium with fifteen grams of cannabis. Later, he was also caught in his workplace (he is a cook) with five grams of cannabis and the police were informed. He and his boss were interviewed. There was an inquiry and the man stated that he was consuming cannabis at home for his own pleasure; he was not dealing anything and was happy in his life with no problems. He also said in a later interview that he had quit his habit so the prosecutor ended the lawsuit against him. Therefore, he was never sued and he never came before a court.
There is tolerance if a person says that he/she will quit their habit but otherwise there could be problems. A user who has been caught will be asked by the police to give urine tests and be interviewed a few times. If the habit is continued, the user may go before a court. In another case, a man refused a urine test saying that he was continuing his habit and he is now before the court in Brussels. His defence was to claim a violation of his privacy with arguments based on the European Convention of Human Rights. It is doubtful that he will succeed in Belgium but he might in the court of Strasbourg.
The situation of tolerance in Belgium was put into force by an act of the Ministry of Justice. This Act states that if someone is caught with, for example, fifteen grams of cannabis and claims that he only tried it once, he will not be prosecuted. Many criticisms can be made about this situation. The decision to sue someone is in the hands of a prosecutor and the prosecutor will do so only on really arbitrary motives. For example, if you are in poor social circumstances or are unemployed, you will be sued, but if you have a good job or come from a good family then you will not have any problems. One of the basic principals of the French Revolution was that the law must be applied in the same way to everyone, and we really must stand on that position of legality. Whether you are sued or not before a tribunal should not depend on social characteristics.

Current issues
Since June 1999, Belgium has had a new government called the Rainbow Coalition. It is a coalition of the Green party, the Liberal Conservatives and the Socialists. A contract between all parties was signed, which raises the question of these drugs. Now, legalisation and regulation of cannabis have been put on the agenda. As it is the first time in 50 years that the Christian parties are not in government, there is an opportunity to make some changes to the laws. For example, now parliament is discussing euthanasia, which is a very important moral issue. The problem of drugs is also linked to euthanasia in the sense that it is the freedom of the person, the freedom of the individual and the liberty of an individual to use the drug that he chooses. Finally, there are now proposals from the Green Party, the Liberal Party and the Socialist Party to decriminalize the use of cannabis and to regulate it.
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HOTROD69 · Apr 11, 2007

Rasta_Man said:

When did hard fact become so scarce on GC?
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sorry, i didny mean to piss off the net police Im in the states but my blood bro is belgium. I wanted to ht him up for some good beans but didnt want to get him into trouble. thank you for the response

northernwidow · Apr 11, 2007

are you going to be headed to belgium? or do you just feel safer with him mailing them from belgium than a seedbank in amsterdam? if your going to be there take the train to amsterdam, its only a few hours and than you can get the seeds as well as some bud.

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