In all of Europe it is still very illegal to grow your own cannabis. Some countries have laws where they accept one or two plants per person to grow, but when you get caught doing it, things could go south for you very quick.

Here in The Netherlands, we are allowed to grow 5 cannabis plants for personal use. Allowed is not the right word. If the cops find you growing your own, they can still kick you out of your house, and there is no more coming back from that. It used to be that when the police found you, they would take in your growing equipment and you will not be sent to jail for 5 or less cannabis plants for own use.

For the last 10 years, that system changed. They did not change the laws, but they gave mayors more power, and these ”cowboys” can do whatever they want if they catch you growing your own. This is a big problem for society in general, especially for one where people can smoke up freely. Yet, the producing of cannabis is super illegal in The Netherlands, making it very hard to explain to someone who is not living in this beautiful country.

The message that the Dutch government wants to sell you is a crewl one. ”You are not smart enough to make your own choices, and we don’t want you to grown your own clean and unsprayed cannabis. Instead we want you to do what we say, otherwise we will throw you in jail if you don’t listen”. You can imagine that a lot of people are very unsatistief with their government. Only 38% of the people in The Netherlands go out to vote for a new government, which is low, and it should tell you everything about this country that is slowly losing it’s identity.

Dutch people are being criminalized by their own governments. It’s kinda the same what happened to the jewish people in Holland during the second world war in the 40’s. In that time period, every jewish person in this country was searched and destroyed. You would think that we’ve learned a thing or two from these devestating period in history. But still till today, people I know live in a insane fear, because they are being hunted by their own government for growing their own medicine. Someone needs to put a stop to this.

I love Amsterdam! And I will put a stop to this! Power to the people and have a nice cannabis weekend!