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this post was submitted on 22 Dec 2023
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so they illegally purchase it and then sell illegal goods, legally?
Eh, not legally. It's illegal but condoned (up to 5 gram, for personal use only). Meaning they won't arrest or prosecute you for it, but technically you are still beaking the law. I guess in theory some DA could add it along with other charges. But since we don't have a US-style kangaroo court system, this never happens.
What does that mean?
A lot of DA's in the US trump up charges and add anything they can think of, often in order to scare the defendant into settling out of court. I believe some 97% of cases in the US are settled out of court. That doesn't happen over here.
OK. Thank you for explaining.
In the the old days, frontier judges would “hop” from one town to another and hold mock court in which the principles of law and justice are disregarded or perverted.
I guess I don't think of the US court system as being like that today.
Should we call this "blind-eye economics"? I just kinda like the sound of it lol