SWISS ALLOWED TO GROW 4 CANNABIS PLANTS

[Jimmy 952]

17th November 2011

By Ian Sparks

Swiss cannabis smokers will be allowed to grow four marijuana plants each (to stop them buying drugs illegally)

Cannabis smokers in Switzerland will soon be allowed to grow up to four marijuana plants each at home to stop them buying drugs on the black market.

In a bizarre twist to the new law, four people sharing a house can grow up to 16 plants - but only if each person tends to their own crop.

The deregulation of Switzerland’s already lax cannabis laws has been agreed by four neighbouring regions in the French-speaking part of the Alpine country.

A spokesman for the Neuchatel region said: ’We have agreed these new rules to prevent drugs tourism between regions where the rules are different, and to stop them buying it on the streets.

’But one person can not start growing more than four plants just by claiming they live with other people.

’In this case, these other people have to actually be cultivating the plants themselves.

Strange strategy: Four people sharing a house will be able to grow 16 plants between them, providing each can prove they are cultivating their own crop

’This means attending to the plant in such a way as to make it grow.’

Swiss daily Le Matin quipped: ’This basically means that you can grow four more plants for every housemate you have - just as long as they know how to hold a watering can.’

The rules will apply in the cantons of Vaud, Neuchatel, Geneva and Fribourg from January 1 next year.

http://www.encod.org/info/SWISS-ALLOWED-TO-GROW-4-CANNABIS.html

[Jimmy 952]

Amazing news!

[Potent 462]

Yeah awesome news, looks like the rest of Europe is following trend, sooner or later we will all be free

[strainhunters admin 47]

would be great, but it seems to be a rumor

[Elektroski Justovski 490]

Swiss is very smart country with many things, even if it's a rumour it be fast on daily basis i bet 5 pennys on that.

[Dust 6,284]

yeah that would be cool, i'd be surrounded by smoking allowed country that's pretty cool. Plus i have curently 2 friends working in swiss think i'm gonna visit them

[bozoph 696]

nice. then u r ahead of the game with your 4 plant setup.

[Mr_B 1]

this law change need to be officially approved, i read about it on an italian site and i think it's a great step forward

Mr B

[walla93 7]

swiss is nearby me, sounds great! hope they allow it in germany, too

[Bam-Bhole 1,903]

Swiss is the only true democracy left. They have the right to vote about any issue in their towns and cantons directly. So that law is for one canton only, not for say Zürich, Bern or Basel ! Got it ?

The comment from that newspaper shows how ignorant most people are when it comes to Cannabis + it's cultivation . There is a lot more to grow good herbs than "holding a watering can"..lol

[ep08 9]

..so what is happening in swiss? I`ve read those four plants are only grown legally if they have no THC in it ?? True? I got it from swiss paper.

[Dust 6,284]

heard something like this too, as long as they are not flowering it's ok, but once flowered it's not anymore, don't know if it's any true tho.

Any swiss to inform us? ^^

[Bongman 7]

thats how whole world should work , plant your stuff and stop ppl from sponsoring criminals

[Pi2 301]

Cannabis is illegal to possess, consume or distribute. However, usually only the minimum penalty is imposed for possession and personal use, even for larger amounts. The federal council has committed to implement changes as to decriminalization of personal use and possession already in 2001, and the parliament is currently tasked to tender concrete approaches. As nothing is coming forth on a parliamentary basis, a referendum was launched in 2008, however abolished by the voters.^[86][87]

As of January 1, 2012, the cantons Vaud, Neuchatel, Geneva and Fribourg have allowed the growing and cultivation of up to 4 cannabis plants per person, in an attempt to curb illegal street trafficking.^[88]----WIKI

[Dust 6,284]

Thanks Pi2 for those nice infos

[rino 2]

pi2 say wrong, i live in switzerland!

[Dust 6,284]

well develop your answer lol, just saying it is wrong doesn't give us the right answer does it?

I have heard something very similar from swiss people too, so would be nice to know the final word of it