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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 ...
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The decision, published in the Government Gazette, declared the medical use of cannabis to be legal for patients with a doctor's prescription. With the announcement, Tsipras commented "From now on, the country is turning its page, as Greece is now included in countries where the delivery of medical cannabis to patients in need is legal." [4] [5]
The cultivation of cannabis in Italy has a long history dating back to Roman times, when it was primarily used to produce hemp ropes, although pollen records from core samples show that Cannabaceae plants were present in the Italian peninsula since at least the Late Pleistocene, while the earliest evidence of their use dates back to the Bronze Age.
2017: Cyprus legalized cannabis oil for advanced stage cancer patients. [100] 2017: Belize decriminalized possession or use of 10 grams or less on private premises. [101] 2017: Greece legalized cannabis for medical use. [102] 2017: Peru legalized cannabis oil for medical use. [103] 2017: Luxembourg legalized cannabis for medical use. [104] [105]
Cannabis in Lithuania is criminalized for both recreational and medical use. Lithuania criminalized cannabis in 2017 and is the only country in the world that criminalized cannabis in the 21st century. [1] [circular reference] Until 2013 Lithuania was the only country in the European Union where the cultivation of industrial hemp was banned.
Cannabis products are only sold openly in certain local "coffeeshops" and possession of up to 5 grams for personal use is decriminalised. However, the police may still confiscate it. [ 6 ] Other types of sales and transportation are not permitted, although the general approach toward cannabis was lenient even before official decriminalisation .
In Germany and other European countries, the growing of a limited amount of THC cannabis plants is legal, and cannabis up to 25g per person is no longer considered a narcotic in Germany. Switzerland has favoured criminal prosecution of natural cannabis cultivation, and invested very little expertise in the research of the drug. [26] [27] [28]