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Originally posted by The_Dude
i completely understand.
isnt assissted suicide and gay marriages also legalized there ?
one day, it'll be legalized here too, but not yet
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Assisted Suicide, or as we call it Euthanasia, is indeed perfecty legal. However, the person requesting it should be fully sane. Also as stated, an euthanasia request should only be fulfilled if: "there is no quality of life" for the person. Which is very subjective of course. But mainly it is viewed as having a form of cancer (or any disease) that can not be cured.
The Gay marriage is just the same as a heterosexual marriage and gay people are also allowed to adopt children.
I have read in this thread that some people want Marihuana legalized. Many people think Marihuana is legal in Amsterdam. Well it is not. But our government has chosen to tolerate it. Which in practice means, you are not allowed to grow it. You are not allowed to sell it. Unless you're a "coffeeshop". Coffeeshops should fulfill some legal requirements though. But you are allowed to smoke up.
Also some sorts of hard drugs are tolerated. Like XTC. Not officially. But I don't know any cops that will take you down for it. However, the U.S. government is pressing hard for stronger enforcement on XTC because 90% of the worlds XTC supply comes from Holland. And it seems it is your primary import from the Netherlands.