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Country/Territory Recreational Medical Notes Afghanistan Illegal Illegal Main article: Cannabis in Afghanistan Production banned by King Zahir Shah in 1973. Albania Illegal Legal Main article: Cannabis in Albania Prohibited but plants highly available throughout the country and law often unenforced. On 21 July 2023 the Albanian Parliament voted 69–23 to legalize medical cannabis. Algeria ...
Legal history; Legality by jurisdiction; United States. Legal history; ... Adult lifetime cannabis use by country; Cannabis political parties; Timeline of cannabis law
Timeline of Gallup polls in US on legalizing marijuana. [1]In the United States, cannabis is legal in 39 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [2]
Canada has become the largest country to legalise cannabis.
World map of annual cannabis prevalence. This is a list of the annual prevalence of cannabis use by country (including some territories) as a percentage of the population. The indicator is an "annual prevalence" rate which is the percentage of the youth and adult population who have consumed cannabis at least once in the past survey year.
2015: Spain decriminalized cannabis cultivation up to 10 cannabis plants for personal use. [92] 2016: Austria decriminalized possession of small amounts of cannabis. [93] 2016: North Macedonia legalized cannabis for medical use.. [94] 2016: Australia legalized cannabis for medical use. [95] 2016: Poland legalized cannabis for medical use. [96]
Backers outside the court house paraded signs declaring, "Cultivating freedom, Uruguay grows." In April 2014, Uruguay became the first country to have legal recreational cannabis. Consumers were given the ability to buy a maximum of 40 grams (1.4 ounces) each month from licensed pharmacies as long as they are Uruguayan residents over the age of 18.
For all these reasons and more, it’s a brave and principled decision (plus a lucrative one) when countries decide to bring marijuana under state control and legalise it – as Holland, Belgium ...