Police want end to home marijuana growing

[Puffin13]

Police want end to home marijuana growing

Tuesday 24 July 2007

Current laws which turn a blind eye to private individuals growing up to five marijuana plants should be overturned, according to police drugs experts. They say small-scale growers can earn up to €3,000 a year from their home production.

Although growing marijuana plants is technically illegal, in practise the public prosecution department takes no action against people who grow up to five plants. Possession of up to five grammes of cannabis is similarly ignored.

Police drugs experts also want tougher sentencing for professional plantations. 'At the moment they get community service of 60 to 80 hours. There should be a clear signal that (marijuana production) is unacceptable,' detective Ben Janssen told the Volkskrant.

'Grow shops' which sell seeds, lamps and fertilisers should also be tackled, Janssen says. 'They are the way in for organised marijuana growing,' he said. Some 8,000 professional plantations are found in private homes, in commercial properties and in farm sheds every year, according to figures in the Telegraaf.

While some parts of the country already have a system of licences for 'grow shops', many places, including Amsterdam, do not, acording to the crime prevention centre CCV.

A licencing system allows the local authority to set a maximum number of shops and investigate the owners for potential criminal connections.

Source: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2 ... mariju.php

[cheese]

balls..... that blows... i always admired how everyone in amsterdam could grow up to 5 plants for personal use...

i sure hope this gets shot down faster than it came up..

thanks for sharing puffin

[Weemanio]

that will still carry on theres noway that could stamp that out.

[pickapocket]

Another Dutch paradox. At what point does the 5 odd ounces you have growing in the loft become excess to the 5 gram rule?

[user54321]

What alot of shit.

If it's about the money (which is the angle I got from that article) then allow people to have a home grow license (taxed and regulated) for up to 5 plants, anything over then it's a breach.

Absolute arseholes.

One thing that's been getting me recently is that we're talking about putting cannbis back up to class B - not nearly surprising that all our news is full of just now (apart from the obvious flooding, I mean the smaller stories) is large factories growing millions of GBPs worth of grass are being busted all over the place. Coincedence? I doubt it... papers etc all full of people who 'went mad' on marijuana aswell.

When will they learn we're not stupid ... !?

Frankly, it makes my blood boil.

[DC]

Another Dutch paradox. At what point does the 5 odd ounces you have growing in the loft become excess to the 5 gram rule?

Probably when you take it out of yer home at more than 5 grams at a time. Don't forget, the plants you have at home have to grow naturally, with sunlight. Any help with lights and you're 'breaking the law'.

[Weemanio]

What alot of shit.

If it's about the money (which is the angle I got from that article) then allow people to have a home grow license (taxed and regulated) for up to 5 plants, anything over then it's a breach.

Absolute arseholes.

One thing that's been getting me recently is that we're talking about putting cannbis back up to class B - not nearly surprising that all our news is full of just now (apart from the obvious flooding, I mean the smaller stories) is large factories growing millions of GBPs worth of grass are being busted all over the place. Coincedence? I doubt it... papers etc all full of people who 'went mad' on marijuana aswell.

When will they learn we're not stupid ... !?





yes and id love to to know where they are getting the super strong skunk, because i sure as haven't smoked any... the stuff about here is horrible dry oul grass... and im very paranoid about it being sprayed as it doesn't look like normal herb... 1.5 gram for £20 what a pack of jokers.. i get mine else where, or i do without.

Frankly, it makes my blood boil.

[Weemanio]

What alot of shit.

If it's about the money (which is the angle I got from that article) then allow people to have a home grow license (taxed and regulated) for up to 5 plants, anything over then it's a breach.

Absolute arseholes.

One thing that's been getting me recently is that we're talking about putting cannbis back up to class B - not nearly surprising that all our news is full of just now (apart from the obvious flooding, I mean the smaller stories) is large factories growing millions of GBPs worth of grass are being busted all over the place. Coincedence? I doubt it... papers etc all full of people who 'went mad' on marijuana aswell.

When will they learn we're not stupid ... !?

yes and id love to to know where they are getting the super strong skunk, because i sure as haven't smoked any... the stuff about here is horrible dry oul grass... and im very paranoid about it being sprayed as it doesn't look like normal herb... 1.5 gram for £20 what a pack of jokers.. i get mine else where, or i do without.

Frankly, it makes my blood boil

[AL]

Probably when you take it out of yer home at more than 5 grams at a time. Don't forget, the plants you have at home have to grow naturally, with sunlight. Any help with lights and you're 'breaking the law'. [/quote] laws are an ass most of the time bud................like here in uk you can buy rvk fans,mylar,pots,seeds,carbon/filters,the whole monty and IF you get turned ovr they CANNOT do you for having a non functioning grow-room,but put 1 seed in2 germinate then they can and will confiscate your stuff and probably get done with growing how idiotic is that,got shops which specifically sell hydroponic gear all over,do they think ts for tomatos only,laws an ass no ASS IS THE LAW............................PEACE..................................