Re: actual law is apin about growing cannabis
In Spain, where the sun shines, cannabis is effectively decriminalised. Like many countries, the law still says marijuana is illegal but personal amounts and up to 5 plants are tolerated. The scene is a lot more relaxed and few people are paranoid about smoking or growing. Cannabis seeds are legal and so all the grow stores sell them. The cannabis-related industry in Spain does seem very big, with nationwide chains of grow and pipe stores. There is also helpful graffiti on many walls; black squares warn where police cameras are operating and weed leafs adorn dealing areas.
A huge amount of hash comes through Spain but most is not good enough to be sold in the Dutch coffeeshops so it is turned into "soap bars", which are notorious for being made with anything from engine oil to sand, and then sent to other countries that don’t have coffeeshops.
A tolerance policy is only as good as the individual police who choose to enforce the law or not.