<story><title>Luxembourg to be first European country to legalise cannabis</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/07/luxembourg-to-be-first-european-country-to-legalise-cannabis</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>reallydontask</author><text>A genuine question, Aren&amp;#x27;t all EU citizens supposed to be treated equally across the EU?&lt;p&gt;How would such a ban work?</text></item><item><author>dep_b</author><text>&amp;gt; Schneider said the legislation was likely to include a ban on non-residents buying cannabis in order to dissuade drug-tourism.&lt;p&gt;Given the fact they&amp;#x27;re sharing a border with France: probably a good idea.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>phaemon</author><text>They are being treated equally. A citizen of France who is resident in Luxembourg would be able to purchase. A citizen of Luxembourg who is resident in France, wouldn&amp;#x27;t.&lt;p&gt;You can have rules that apply only to residents, but they have to be applied to &lt;i&gt;any&lt;/i&gt; resident.</text></comment>
<story><title>Luxembourg to be first European country to legalise cannabis</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/07/luxembourg-to-be-first-european-country-to-legalise-cannabis</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>reallydontask</author><text>A genuine question, Aren&amp;#x27;t all EU citizens supposed to be treated equally across the EU?&lt;p&gt;How would such a ban work?</text></item><item><author>dep_b</author><text>&amp;gt; Schneider said the legislation was likely to include a ban on non-residents buying cannabis in order to dissuade drug-tourism.&lt;p&gt;Given the fact they&amp;#x27;re sharing a border with France: probably a good idea.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>unilynx</author><text>We&amp;#x27;ll see soon enough.. we just need someone to get arrested first.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a good thing they picked Luxembourg for this experiment, it will cut back on the travel time for everyone involved getting to the ECJ</text></comment>