VRT : "Legal" cannabis plantation in Antwerp
This is a typically Belgian way of side-stepping the law. If growing one plant per person is legal, then why not allocate a different owner for each plant of a plantation ? Good thinking. Part of the purpose of the plantation is to demonstrate to lawmakers how ambiguous the law is, which again is a very Belgian way of communicating between the people and politicians: getting heard through (mild) provocations.
VRT said:"Trekt uw plant", a local non-profit organisation in Antwerp, opened a cannabis plantation this morning which it says is "completely legal." In Belgium, cannabis plantations are against the law, but the organisation says it has found an answer.
Belgian legislation concerning the growing and the possession of cannabis is not clear (see also below) but in practice, growing one single plant is not being punished.
In the new Antwerp plantation, every single plant has a different owner. "Trekt uw plant" (see below) argues that this means that they are not doing anything illegal.
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Press attendance for the official opening of the plantation was overwhelming.
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This is a typically Belgian way of side-stepping the law. If growing one plant per person is legal, then why not allocate a different owner for each plant of a plantation ? Good thinking. Part of the purpose of the plantation is to demonstrate to lawmakers how ambiguous the law is, which again is a very Belgian way of communicating between the people and politicians: getting heard through (mild) provocations.