Malta to legalise cannabis for personal use in European first

[Zeedox]

Malta to legalise cannabis for personal use in European first

Move by EU’s smallest member state likely to be followed by reform across rest of continent in 2022

www.theguardian.com

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.

Possession of up to seven grams of the drug will be legal for those aged 18 and above, and it will permissible to grow up to four cannabis plants at home, with up to 50g of the dried product storable.

 

[Hugo Stiglitz]

I thought they already could do that in the Netherlands.

 

[Zeedox]

I thought they already could do that in the Netherlands.

Drug policy of the Netherlands - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

While recreational use, possession and trade of non-medicinal drugs described by the Opium Law are all technically illegal under Dutch law, official policy since the late 20th century has been to openly tolerate all recreational use while tolerating the other two under certain circumstances.

More like 'a blind eye' to sales and use but cultivation is punished by law.