I lived in Italy this summer, and frankly, people couldn't care less about the pot laws there. I saw kids taking bong hits on the beach at night and cops would drive by and not give a shit. People don't really care about the laws as much over there (huge generalization). My friend who lives there was telling me that where he lives, if you get caught smoking they just throw your shit away. It's a totally different culture, and this new law --however crazy it is-- isnt gonna change anything,IMO