News Malta becomes first EU nation to legalise cannabis

[S.J.B.]

Malta becomes first EU nation to legalise cannabis
BBC
December 14th, 2021

Malta has become the first EU country to legalise the cultivation and personal use of cannabis.

Adults will be allowed to carry up to seven grams of cannabis, and grow no more than four plants at home.

But smoking it in public or in front of children will be illegal.

Several other nations have similar plans, such as Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Countries like the Netherlands tolerate cannabis use in certain circumstances.

Malta's parliament voted in favour of the reform on Tuesday afternoon, with the bill winning 36 votes in favour and 27 against.

Read the full story here.

 

[S.J.B.]

That makes three.

 

[Burnt Offerings]

Way to go Malta! You were always my favorite Mediterranean island, tell Sicily to shove it!

 

[thegreenhand]

I'm still waiting for mushrooms to be legalised since plants seem to be having a renaissance as plants.

Don’t you Canadians already sort of have it? I thought I heard law enforcement doesn’t really go after online vendors and stuff like that

Washington DC ironically enough sort of has that now too. I believe they are officially decriminalized but like the Netherlands nothing is enforced so it’s sold openly in head shops