Malta will this week become the first European country to legalise the cultivation and possession of cannabis for personal use, pipping Luxembourg to the post, as the continent undergoes a wave of change to its drug laws. The move by Malta, the EU’s smallest member state, is likely to be followed by reform across Europe in 2022. But the fact that they make use on a personal basis of cannabis is putting them in the jaws of criminality. The Maltese approach seeks to avoid criminalising any cannabis use while regulating to ensure harm reduction, Bonnici said. What we need to do is to educate people and inform them day after day.”The Netherlands is possibly the European country most associated with a relaxed attitude toward the use of cannabis.

Source: The Guardian December 14, 2021 17:11 UTC