Luxembourg Legalized Cannabis Cultivation at Home

Luxembourg is legalizing cannabis consumption. Since Friday, July 21st, the 650,000 inhabitants of this small kingdom have been able to add a new plant to their garden. A law enacted on July 10th authorizes adults to consume cannabis, grow up to four plants and keep up to 3 grams at home.

Cultivation must be carried out using seeds labeled with the THC content (the main psychoactive component), the source and the producer’s contact details. A warning about the ban on industrial-scale production is also compulsory. The aim of this legalization, according to the government, is to better control the country’s most widely consumed drug.

Cannabis is not likely to invade balconies, however. The four plants authorized for private individuals must not be visible from public areas. Moreover, it is still forbidden to travel in possession of cannabis or cannabis products; Luxembourgers found on the public highway, even with less than the three grams authorized at home, risk a €145 fine.

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Malta and Luxembourg, the progressives when it comes to cannabis legalization

Is Luxembourg an exception? Within the European Union, legislation varies from country to country. Luxembourg is the second of the twenty-seven member states to legalize personal consumption and cultivation. The Grand Duchy copied Malta, which made recreational cannabis legal in 2021. The Maltese can consume, grow (up to four plants) and possess up to 50 grams. But all this is restricted to the private sphere.

Eight states have opted to decriminalize the possession of “small quantities” of cannabis for personal use, following in the footsteps of Portugal, which did so in 2001 (along with all other drugs as long as they are consumed privately). Croatia, Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Estonia, and Latvia retain simple administrative sanctions, such as fines.

Others tolerate: penalties are very light and rarely applied. It’s a little-known fact that the Netherlands, famous for its “coffee shops”, where people have been coming from all over Europe and particularly France to legally consume weed or cannabis since 1976, continues to ban drug possession, even in the home.

The repressive eleven European countries

In eleven EU countries, possession is punishable by a prison sentence. Cyprus has the harshest penalties, with a theoretical sentence of up to eight years. The French, Europe’s biggest consumers, have faced a flat-rate fine of €200 since 2020 for quantities under 100g; beyond that, they risk a year’s imprisonment and €3,750 in fines.

Some countries may follow Luxembourg’s lead, in line with European law which prohibits trade in all narcotics only. The governments of Denmark and Germany have submitted draft legislation, in March 2022 and April 2023 respectively, to legalize “smoking”.

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