welcome, so brazil has you always on 12/12... thats crazy, i love how you use everything as a pot!! be resourceful. what are the laws like on marijuana?
Hi vaporedout
The need has made me rethink the rules: D. I started using buckets. Then pots of butter used in delis and bakeries. They sell very cheap. Then trash bags. Today I am thinking about making a large bed of soil with cardboard boxes for the next crop. : D So. About the laws here. I found this translation of Brazilian drug law.
http://www.unodc.org/enl/showDocument.do?documentUid=4760&node=docs&country=BRA&cmd=add
But, the resume of penalties:
Art. 28. The person who buys, holds, stores, transports or carries drugs for personal consumption, without authorization or in violation of laws or regulations shall be subject to the following penalties:
I - warning on the effects of drugs;
II - community service;
III - educational measure of participating in an educational program or course.
Paragraph 1 The person who plants, cultivates or harvests plants used to prepare a small quantity of a substance or product capable of causing physical or chemical dependence, for personal consumption, is subject to the same measures.
Paragraph 2 In order to determine whether or not the drug is intended for personal use, the judge must consider the nature and quantity of the substance seized, the location and conditions under which the action took place, the social and personal circumstances, as well as the conduct and criminal history of the offender.
Paragraph 3 The penalties set forth in subarticles II and III of the
caput of this article shall be applied for the maximum period of five (5) months.
Paragraph 4 For repeated offenses, the penalties set forth in subarticles II and III of the
caput of this article shall be applied for the maximum period of ten (10) months.
Paragraph 5 Community service shall be performed in community programs, entities that provide education or assistance, hospitals, similar public or private nonprofit establishments, preferably dedicated to preventing drug use or to the recovery of drug users and addicts.
Paragraph 6 To guarantee the fulfillment of the educational measures mentioned in the
caput, in subarticles I, II and III, which the offender unjustifiably refuses, the judge may subject the offender, successively, to:
I - verbal admonishment;
II - fine.
Paragraph 7 The judge may ask the Public Power to make a health care establishment available to the offender, free of charge, preferably outpatient, for specialized treatment.
Art. 29. Upon imposition of the educational measure mentioned in subarticle II of paragraph 6 of art. 28, the judge, considering the culpability of the conduct, will determine the number of fine days, never less than forty (40) or higher than one hundred (100), attributing to each, according to the economic capacity of the offender, the value of one-thirtieth to three (3) times the value of the highest minimum wage.
Sole paragraph. The values resulting from the imposition of the fine set forth in paragraph 6 of art. 28 shall be credited to the National Anti-Drug Fund.
Art. 30. The statue of limitations for imposition and execution of the penalties is two (2) years, pursuant, with respect to interruption of the period, to arts. 107 et seq. of the Criminal Code.