For instance, Canada is all set to lift a nationwide ban on recreational marijuana. The legislation, that was introduced in the parliament, seeks to allow adults to possess 30 grams of marijuana in public. If the legislation gets approved, Canadians will be able to smoke weed legally by July 1, 2018. While the deferral government has set the legal age for smoking marijuana at 18, it has allowed provinces to determine if the bar should be higher. The provinces will also retain the power to decide how the drug will be sold and used.
That said, let’s look at the places that have legalized marijuana in one form or the other.
1. India
While the sale, possession, and consumption of marijuana remains prohibited under the Narcotics Act, it is widely available in the edible form known as ‘bhang’. Forming an integral part of the Hindu culture where Lord Shiva has a special taste for the drug, bhang is considered a beneficial herb that relaxes the mind and helps achieve higher levels of transcendence. It is widely cultivated on Indian ghats and is often consumed as thandai, a traditional drink usually taken on the festival of Holi. While marijuana remains banned, bhang is legal in some parts of India such as in Uttar Pradesh where the shops that sell it are fully licence to do so.
Moreover, last year Uttarakhand became the first state to legalize cannabis cultivation but only for industrial purposes.
2. The Netherlands
After marijuana cultivation became legal in the Netherlands, it became easier for the coffee shops to procure and sell marijuana. Amsterdam currently is budding with over 250 coffee shops where you can smoke up without getting disturbed. As in any coffee shop, you can ask to sniff the buds before buying your choice of weed.
3. Spain
Owing to a legal loophole, the Spanish are free to grow cannabis for private consumption. Legal ‘weed dens’ can be found sprawled across Madrid, Barcelona, and Valencia where clubs invite strict memberships. Barcelona’s Choko Club is a favorite among the locals that hires its own breed of ‘budtenders’.
4. Colorado
Colorado joined Washington in 2016 to become the first two states of America to legalise recreational use of marijuana. Here, both locals and tourists can buy up to 28 grams of weed. There are cannabis-friendly hotels and dispensaries that allow people to light up whenever they want.
5. North Korea
It may sound unbelievable but North Korea is very tolerant toward the sale and consumption of marijuana – both in private and in public! Known as ‘yoksam’, marijuana is not a ‘prioritised drug’ for the government to treat it as illegal.
6. Uruguay
In Uruguay, the law directs people to be the residents of the country and be over the age of 18 to legally buy marijuana. If you are a tourist, then it’s advisable to either befriend a local or sign up for a cannabis tour where you can literally smoke a joint on the steps of the Legislative Assembly!
7. Peru
You are breaking the law in Peru if you are caught with over 8 grams of cannabis on you. While you can use marijuana for personal use, growing and selling are prohibited.
8. Jamaica
In 2015, a ban on possession and use of marijuana was relaxed allowing people to carry up to 56 grams of the drug. Residents can also grow up to five plants especially for the use of religious purposes. In fact, marijuana makes for an important part of the Rastafarian culture where most of the traditions are rooted in the use of ‘wisdom weed’.
9. Argentina
While cultivation, sale, and transportation of the drug are illegal in Argentina, it’s still decriminalized. Locals can smoke a bong in the privacy of their homes band and consumption for medicinal purposes is also totally fine.
10. Alaska
Marijuana became legal for recreational use in 2014 following which people above the age of 21 can possess up to 28 grams. They can also grow up to six plants as long it’s done in private. Well, finding privacy in Alaska can’t be that hard, now can it?
11. Mexico
In 2009, Mexico decriminalized the personal use and consumption of marijuana. In 2015, it permitted four people from the Mexican Society for Responsible and Tolerant Personal Use to grow and smoke their own marijuana. In 2016, it voted to legalize medical marijuana but the bill is yet to become a law.
EDITOR'S SOURCE:- http://televistaonline.tv/mexico-among-10-places-that-are-lighting-up-right-now-because-they-made-weed-legal-in-some-form/
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