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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 ...
In 2012, Albania seized 21.2 metric tons of cannabis, nearly twice the amount seized in 2011. [5]Albania made global headlines and "placed itself on the cannabis map" in 2013 when the Albanian State Police (ASP) tried to shut down production in Lazarat, one of the heaviest producing towns in the mountainous southern regions that are said to be the "heartland" of Albanian cannabis production.
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.
2021: Mexico officially decriminalizes adult use of cannabis, after years of de facto decriminalization. [125] 2021: Rwanda legalizes cannabis for medical use. [126] 2021: Malta legalized cannabis. [127] 2022: Thailand legalized cannabis. [128] 2023: Luxembourg legalized cannabis. [129] 2023: Switzerland legalized cannabis on trial basis. [130]
For the record: 3:07 p.m. Oct. 28, 2024: An earlier version of this article said EPIC seized about 77,000 plants.It was 750,000. Two major state programs to combat illegal cannabis recently sent ...
The removal of cannabis and cannabis resin from that Schedule entered into force in 2021, [19] after a vote on 2 December 2020 by the UN Commission on narcotic drugs. [20] Since 2021, cannabis and cannabis resin remain listed in Schedule I of the Single Convention, alongside extracts and tinctures of cannabis. [21]
In 2012, two young Dutch tourists were able to enter the village. They filmed the cannabis cultivation there and uploaded the video to YouTube. [2] The video caused a scandal in Albania. Lazarat was subsequently dubbed "Europe's marijuana Mecca". The scandal causes political-diplomatic reactions which forced the Tirana to take action. [1]
In February 2017, Morgan Griffith, a Virginia Republican, introduced H.R. 714, Legitimate Use of Medicinal Marijuana Act, that would move cannabis to Schedule II. [81] Griffith had introduced a bill under the same name in 2014. [82] In April 2017, Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, cosponsored House Resolution 2020 to move cannabis to Schedule III.