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Countries that have legalized recreational use of cannabis are Canada, Georgia, Germany, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, and Uruguay, plus 24 states, 3 territories, and the District of Columbia in the United States and the Australian Capital Territory in Australia. Commercial sale of recreational cannabis is legalized ...
Legal history; Legality by jurisdiction; United States. Legal history; ... Adult lifetime cannabis use by country; Cannabis political parties; Timeline of cannabis law
2018: South Korea legalized cannabis for medical use. [112] 2018: Zimbabwe legalized cannabis for medical use. [113] [114] 2018: Canada legalized cannabis. [115] 2018: Thailand legalized cannabis for medical use. [116] 2018: South Africa decriminalized cannabis. [117] 2018: The United Kingdom legalized cannabis for medical use.
Canada has become the largest country to legalise cannabis.
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]
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.
Marijuana campaigners in Germany lit celebratory joints on Monday as the country legalized possession of small amounts of cannabis for recreational use - a step that hasn't ended the debate over ...
Since then, over 20 other US states have legalized non-medical cannabis use. [67] In 2013, Uruguay legalized cannabis, with the law taking effect in April 2014, making it the first country to do so. The INCB condemned the move and stated that Uruguay "knowingly decided to break the universally agreed and internationally endorsed legal provisions".