Court rules guilty, no punishment in trial organic marijuana grower Doede de Jong

The appeal in the case against Doede De Jong on October 15 has the potential to achieve a sensible government policy on the 'paradox of the backdoor'.

he appeal in the case against Doede De Jong on October 15 will be submitted to the court of Leeuwarden (Netherlands) and has the potential to achieve a sensible government policy on the ‘paradox of the backdoor’, according to Dutch legalization NGO VOC Nederland.

UPDATE 29th of October, 2015: In the verdict against Doede de Jong the court ruled guilty, but no punishment. Case not finished. For more (in Dutch), visit the VOC Nederland website.

If the court follows the developments of other recent similar cases, it could conclude that relatively small, transparent functioning growers who are not focused on only making huge profits, although punishable by law, will have no punishment imposed. According to court rulings, it is due to conflicting government policies on cannabis this sort...

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