Thought this might help!!

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]USE/CONSUMPTION[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The distinctions between 'drug use in private' and 'use in groups' is not made in any of the surveyed European countries. But some make differences between 'non-regular users' and 'regular users'.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Concerning prosecution of users, i.e. how the use of drugs in general is controled, Europe is divided into 2 groups:[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]- 9 out of 16 countries (15 EU Member States + Switzerland) consider drug use as an offense in their Criminal Code.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]- And it is not considered an offense in 7 countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, The Nederlands and Spain). In Tthe UK also, because officially only the opium use is prohibited.[/FONT]

 

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SPECIAL CASES
HOLLAND

A particular country, as you know it, is the Nederlands. Even if it is seen in the US as a kind of "marijuana-heaven", The Neds have no anarchic legal systems regarding soft drugs.

YES: private use and cultivation of marijuana leaf IS free. BUT the law says, however, that you can be prosecuted, and condemned to 1 month of jail, if you "possess" up to 30 grams of marijuana. In practise, if you possess an sell less than 5 grams you are not prosecuted.

What is legal and controlled is the commercialization scheme of coffee-shops. And in theory, cannabis consumption should be reserved to these places. And it is also illegal and fiercely condemned to sell even soft drugs outside of this scheme.

So, Holland is a safe country for basic smokers, but its law system has more to do with decriminalization than with full legalization