Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Medical World

From Wikipedia:
"Legality of medical cannabis by country"



I have written about medical marijuana in the past and more recently and wanted to give a quick summary of the countries that allow marijuana for medical purposes. The full Wikipedia article tells about recreational marijuana as well, but that's not very important to me. I have included where it is decriminalized as well even if medical marijuana isn't legal there.

Countries Where Medical Marijuana Is Legal:

- Bangladesh
-  Canada (2001)
- Chile (2014)
- Colombia (2015)
- Croatia (2015)
- Czech Republic (2013)
- Finland (2010)
- Germany (2008)
- Israel (1990s)
- Italy
- New Zealand
- Uruguay



Countries Where Medical Marijuana Is Decriminalized:

- Argentina (2009)
 - Australia:   (Australian Capital Territory, South Australia and the Northern Territory.)
-  Austria:  (January 2016)
-  Belgium (2003)
 - Bolivia
 - Cambodia
- Costa Rica
- Cyprus
- Ecuador
- Estonia
- France (2013 for cannabis derivatives)
- Jamaica
- Jordan (2015)
- Luxembourg (2001)
- Malta
- Mexico
- the Netherlands (2003)
- Peru
- Portugal (2001)
- Russia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Switzerland
- the Ukraine


Countries Where Medical Marijuana Use Is In A 'Grey Area:'

- Cameroon
- India:  (West Bengal, Gujrat, Bihar, Orissa Tripura, and the North East)
-Mozambique
- Nepal
- the Philippines
- Romania
- Sri Lanka


Countries Where Medical Marijuana Use Can Lead To The Death Penalty:

- Laos
- Malaysia











https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_cannabis_by_country
 

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