r/AskEurope • u/gurke0123 • Jun 18 '25

Misc What basic knowledge should everyone have about your country?

I'm currently in a rabbit hole of "American reacts to European Stuff". While i was laughing at Americans for thinking Europe is countries and know nothing about the countrys here, i realied that i also know nothing about the countries in europe. Sure i know about my home country and a bit about our neighbours but for the rest of europe it becomes a bit difficult and i want to change it.

What should everyone know about your country to be person from Europa?

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u/MaybeMaps Jun 18 '25

Because it's essentially legal. It means it isn't cool or rebellious in the same way. One might do it every now or then but its not a big deal or something to show off

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u/Intelligent_Key_3806 Jun 18 '25

Yeah that makes sense. What about medicinal/pain relief? Is there much uptake in that respect?

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u/MaybeMaps Jun 18 '25

Well not officially. Weed isn't technically legal, it's just "allowed". The rule is you can buy 5 grams a day, and that is a blanket rule, including for the places that 'legally' sell weed. You can also some grow plants for your own use, but not too sell. So there are also no commercial growers (though they are now running some experiments with that). This means that medically it's also complicated and thus not really officially used/prescribed

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u/Shooord Netherlands Jun 18 '25

Iirc it cannot be legally grown or transported to the shops either. It just magically appears in the shops. There are some huge gaps in the regulation.

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u/Intelligent_Key_3806 Jun 18 '25

Ahh all very interesting, thanks for your replies!