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FYI here in Spain you can possess drugs at your home - any illegal substance - because it is not illegal. You can't deal drugs nor carry them along with you on the street. You can grow for instance, as well, marijuana if it is for your own consumption. IMHO it's a pretty nice spot although people claim for a legal framework to grow weed as in some states of US or other countries.

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Yes. Actually, as far as you do not consume them publicly or carry them with aim of distributing them (what is called "personal use"), they are not illegal.

I think we are at a good middle spot. There are some problems in both end of the society spectrum but as far as I know deaths by overdose are not as large as they used to be.

AFAIK, it's actually illegal to carry them in any public space, even if it's for personal consumption.

There are also some other points where I think the law/jurisprudence can be improved (e.g. harm reduction supplies such as accurate scales can be considered as evidence of trafficking), but still, overall the law doesn't impose excessive penalties on drug users, and of course is better than most other countries in the world.

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