Canada is the second country in the world to allow non-medical cannabis to be bought and sold. At least 111 legal marijuana shops are expected to open across the nation of 37 million people today. (Image: Canadian Press/REX/Shutterstock)(Image: Canadian Press/REX/Shutterstock)Uruguay was first was the first country to legalise so-called recreational marijuana. The Prime Minister promised in 2015 to make the drug legal and overhaul 100-year-old laws, reducing the influence of criminal drug dealers in the process, he argued. There are also medical concerns that the drug could lead to a deterioration in the nation's health.

Source: Daily Mirror October 17, 2018 09:23 UTC