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The Supreme Court of Mexico first declared the law prohibiting its use unconstitutional on October 31, 2018. The effect of the ruling is that the Congress of Mexico was ordered to formally legalize cannabis within a period of 90 days. However, the Mexican Congress did not abide and the Supreme Court has often extended the deadline.
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 ...
Regulation of cannabis in Mexico was required by a 2018 Mexican Supreme Court ruling finding its consumption was a right recognized by the Constitution of Mexico under "free development of personality". [8] [9] Senator Ricardo Monreal told various news sources the measure would be voted on in October 2019.
On July 31, 2013, the Uruguayan House of Representatives approved a bill to legalize the production, distribution, sale, and consumption of marijuana by a vote of 50 to 46. Relating this vote to the 2012 legalization of marijuana by the U.S. states Colorado and Washington, John Walsh, drug policy expert of the Washington Office on Latin America ...
A sign for a cannabis shop in Portland, Oregon.Cannabis has been gradually legalized for recreational use in some U.S. states since 2012.. Drug liberalization is a drug policy process of decriminalizing, legalizing, or repealing laws that prohibit the production, possession, sale, or use of prohibited drugs.
In 2019, the US gained a total of 1.7 billion dollars in tax revenue due to the legalization of marijuana. In 2021, that number more than doubled to 3.7 billion dollars. [14] The increase in tax revenue being a driving factor in the legalization of marijuana is similar to the effects of the repeal of prohibition.
The Chamber of Deputies approved recreational, medical, and scientific marijuana use on March 10, 2021, with a vote of 316-129. Recreational marijuana would be reserved for individuals over 18 who must register for its use. [85] Legalization of poppy growing for medicinal purposes is also being considered. [86]
Country Effective date Licensed sales since Uruguay: December 2013: July 2017: Georgia: 30 July 2018: Never authorized South Africa: 18 September 2018: Never authorized