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Malta becomes first EU country to legalise personal use of cannabis

Daniel Said December 15, 2021

Malta has become the first EU country to legalize the personal cultivation and use of cannabis.

The law, approved in parliament on Tuesday, December 14, with 36 votes to 27, allows adults in Malta to possess up to seven grams of cannabis and grow up to four plants. But smoking in public or in front of children will still be illegal.

The legislative package will also establish an authority to oversee the sale to adults from non-profit organizations.

The law was promoted by Equality Minister Owen Bonnici who said it amounted to a “harm reduction” plan and would stop “treating people who are not criminals like criminals”.

He denied accusations from the opposition Nationalist Party that the bill would normalize and encourage drug abuse on the island.

The Nationalist Party’s leader Bernard Grech – who initially supported the new law, previously said it would “only lead to the strengthening of the illegal market, with organized crime taking advantage”.

But Mr. Bonnici wrote in the Sunday Times of Malta: “The government is in no way urging adults to resort to cannabis use or promoting a cannabis culture. The government always urges people to make healthier choices”.

Opponents of the measures have urged the country’s president, George Vella, not to sign the legislation into law, a ceremonial final stage of the lawmaking process.

Luxembourg, Germany, and Switzerland have all announced plans to establish a legally regulated cannabis market.

In 2013, Uruguay legalised cannabis for personal use, the first in the world to do so, followed by Canada in 2018.

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