Why some countries are legalizing marijuana | DW News

How the stigma around this plant is changing across Asia, opening up a Billion-dollar industry and new jobs. For countries, like Thailand, it's about returning to its roots. But easier said than done.
Medicinal marijuana is a burgeoning industry. Its recreational use too. Especially in parts of Europe and North America. Asia is lagging.
Still the pandemic has proved to be a catalyst for the adoption of cannabis.
In Indian society, it dates back four thousand years. Then came decades of damaging drug control policies. Now a lot of governments realize they can take in huge tax revenues, if the business is fully legalized. Competitive prices could wipe out the black market. That'll require well-thought-through state regulation.
Thailand has been leading the way in South East Asia removing cannabis from its list of narcotics last year, effectively lifting its ban on marijuana. But without clear regulations. The legal uncertainty is dampening the thriving weed business. Authorities tightened some rules last month, raiding stalls they say were operating without a license. That's left many worrying about how long the boom could last.
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#marijuana #thailand #legalization

[@kevinbuchan8954]

Well done Thailand for helping millions of people, forward is the way!

[@CookingWithCows]

Yeah but you're still getting locked up for making fun of the crop top wearing king

[@kevinbuchan8954]

@@CookingWithCows What?

[@wallenbergphoto]

Germany on its way!!!...

[@QWERTY-gp8fd]

@@CookingWithCows dont care. he made weed legal

[@scottmacpherson2352]

I live in Canada it's legal here for few years now. ...it's great no big deal it's natural mother nature gave it as a gift ... Rest of the world to get on board legalize pot for the love of God

[@RobespierreThePoof]

Beware the "appeal to nature" fallacy. Opium is also "natural". So are poisonous mushrooms. The fact is that cannabis is mostly safe to use, with some minor exceptions. It's benefits outweigh the minor risks.

[@helloconga]

@@RobespierreThePoof what are the minor risks

[@josh77577]

@@RobespierreThePoof Queen Victoria was on Opium and cocaine and she was popular.

[@calvinhoward3808]

@@helloconga there's studies saying that it increases the risk of schizophrenia if you're already at risk. It does make a person stupider and more tired as well.

[@morphkogan8627]

@@helloconga I've had some pretty hallucinogenic and psychedelic experiences on weed. Also affects the brain long term especially if you start as a teenager. My brothet is a testament to that

[@Max-oi9zm]

You don’t need a cultural or medical reason for legalizing cannabis. If you’re an adult you should be able to get stoned

[@disorganizedorg]

Indeed, the question is backwards. Things should be permitted by default until PROVEN harmful to those OTHER than the user. We are approaching an "Everything not prohibited is compulsory" world.

[@SarahNGeti]

It's only legal because of money and taxes, people have had their tax money squandered on the "drug wars" and the governments have been exposed as frauds when they know THAT war cannot be won. Just wait, there will become another monopoly on these drugs with government officials "regulating".

[@philippwetter]

@mikehealy8440 my life is totally changed because I've been loosing $15,250 from my $4,000 investment with Mr Albert Santos

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

It should remain illegal.

[@jpward5158]

@@guyfawkesuThe1 why?

[@larryolver9038]

Nothings really changed in 🇨🇦 since it was legalized....Best thing done actually

[@First-Last_name]

Oh it changed. It became harder to find proper weed when all these Corporations got involved.

[@TheFarmacist]

@@First-Last_name exactly. All the legal flower is loaded with PGRs and hardeners pesticides 🤮🤮. Can't pay me to smoke that stuff

[@morphkogan8627]

@@First-Last_name no it didn't. You can still buy from dozens of different non regulated grey market websites. Same as the years before it was even legalized.

[@First-Last_name]

@@morphkogan8627 I guess it depends where you are. All the places I knew shut down withina year, and I've yet to find a new one.

[@Gabriel-nd7eh]

@@First-Last_name r/CanadianMOMs

[@Anonymous_Anon882]

Hopefully the rest of the world follows suit in the near future. To say the least there’s absolutely no reason for cannabis to be illegal, especially not now with the ready availability of complimentary cannabinoids (c.b.d., c.b.n., etc.). Name one person who’d ever died directly from a cannabis ‘overdose’ (it ain’t possible) or gone on to sexually assault or knife someone because they were too high.

[@edmundearle49]

Big Pharma is the culprit here, they won't let governments in the West free Cannabis, because it works on so many ills

[@shmockette7158]

Bruh said etc referring to the ones that actually get you high like D8, THCP, D9 THC-O Acetate, D10, D11 and HHC

[@Anonymous_Anon882]

@@shmockette7158 and in the future all those other cannabinoids [psychoactive and (relatively) non-psychoactive alike] will be commercially available, hopefully. Delta-8 gummies are already there for mild highs in certain parts of the States.

[@adaptercrash]

Waste of money If you ask me you could still legalize it and regulate it without commercial and intervention from health canada

[@yeayea2577]

When your high you just get super lazy and want to watch a film and eat junk food an enjoy every second of it

[@aartur1254]

Moved to Thailand a month ago. Couldn't be happier

[@deanl0]

@Victor Happiness of course it's everywhere but don't go to Myanmar just yet.

[@markg.8760]

I also want to moved to thailand while working from home,

[@teej143]

Can you imagine putting people in jail for farming/selling/using a plant?

[@aym1240]

🤣🤣

[@waynesworldofsci-tech]

Where I live magic mushrooms and weed are available in stores. Curiously legalization did not cause an inclination crime. Long term some of us think that legalization will strangle the profits of criminal drug gangs.

[@tangerinetangerine4400]

Where do you live?

[@waynesworldofsci-tech]

@@tangerinetangerine4400 Canada.

[@NexnDystxpia]

They should be legal everywhere as they were big part of human evolution until they got banned

[@janekmundt579]

Why would it cause an increase in crime? One of the main points of a legalization is undercutting that criminal market and replacing it with trusted traders. It might also be the only way to actually save Mexico from the rule of drug cartels. But that would require a total legalization of all drugs, not just weed

[@yunge9482]

Canada has mushrooms in stores ???? !!!!

[@RobertLewis85]

Marijuana has been legal here in California for over a decade. It's given the state a massive financial surplus from taxes.

[@sentinel5982]

Yip, and take it away, crime will drop, unemployment will decrease, and morals family values will return.. also gdp will increase..

[@oxidemeta7793]

@sentinel5982 That's how marijuana serves US best 🤔🤔🤔

[@yasashii89]

@@sentinel5982 What are you on about?

[@chadkline4268]

I recently heard California is 10s or 100s of billions of dollars in debt.

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

Ya and what a screwed up State it is! People are leaving left and right!

[@Loyalist-ul6qm]

Cannabis is a great medical use for my depression and anxiety the war on drugs needs to end.

[@saracrypto5638]

Way better than alcohol , it brings wonderful tourists. The ruels are pretty clear, only smoking in designated area, for 20+ years of age and a few more... The rest like any substance the individual is responsible to consume in moderation. So much extra unnecessary fear and restriction when viewing this plant, years of fear based publicity takes time to dissolve.. I love it, I celebrate it and respecting the locals by always asking if it's oki to smoke here, so simple, coexist 🎊🙏❤️

[@DogonChild]

Not even a question!

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

It should stay illegal. That is why homeless people on the USA West Coast want to remain homeless, as they cannot smoke weed and do other drugs in apartments!!

[@deanl0]

@@guyfawkesuThe1 That's your opinion but the reality is far from what you think, and that is great , that you are now part of a minority.

[@gaoxiaen1]

@@guyfawkesuThe1 LOL!

[@Vikis420]

​@@guyfawkesuThe1 take your meds freak

[@david.andrew.roubideaux1715]

It's because people are smartening up and realizing marijuana is good for you unlike alcohol. And marijuana should be easy to buy just like alcohol.

[@KrustyKlown]

WEED is safe, non-addictive and a great alternative to dangerous recreational drugs. Criminalizing Weed is the gateway to Opiods.

[@s.m.1354]

I strongly disagree: Weed is very good at providing the ideal circumstances for brainwashing.

[@ryder7331]

@@s.m.1354 i disagree with u Alcohol makes u more aggressive. If anything has to be banned in the future compared to weed its alcohol. Every weekend there is a fight. Get off the streets with ya alcohol head. The only brainwashing thing here in the world are woman.

[@johnnypham2850]

When and where is weed non addictive?

[@another_alex8738]

I'm all in for legalizing or decriminalizing all sorts of drugs. But that it is non-addictive is wrong. You can't get addicted physically. But you can mentally. Those are two different things. However you can get addicted psychologically to basically everything. Like chocolate, coffee,... you name it. Still, we should also keep this in mind, otherwise we just assist conservative weed enemies.

[@grokeffer6226]

That's all true. Marijuana is NOT addictive. It's VERY easy to stop smoking it.

[@jeffafa3096]

We have had a cannabis market for over 60 years here now, and The Netherlands still is a very thriving nation. Weed does not destroy societies, people do.

[@smokeywilly4364]

Cannabis stalk grows waayyyy faster than trees, you can use 100% of it when harvesting versus only using 30% of trees when harvested, and it creates a better, more absorbent material. It’s the logging and paper industries that don’t want cannabis legalized. Aside from the recreational and medical usage.

[@journeyintococo6996]

It was Asinger in America who had it criminalised. He owned shares in paper mills!

[@fateaglio]

Yes thank you for pointing this out. Lobbying can do so much harm its insane...

[@nycoolj3]

I think everyone can agree that cannabis should be legal.

[@rasible7032]

Just spent 2 weeks in Thailand, and the cannabis is very good. The stores selling it are very professional and they have a large variety of flower.

[@felixmuller1526]

How much did you pay there for a g?

[@rasible7032]

@@felixmuller1526 $15.00 usd a gram if you buy 3 grams. They have some cannabis selling for $30.00 usd a gram. You can buy the local Thai brick weed from a street vender for a few dollars a gram. Doesn't look or smell the best, but it sure is good medicine.

[@felixmuller1526]

@@rasible7032 thanks 🙂

[@johnnyc5765]

I have been 'studying' the price of hashish and cannabis for over 30 years and I have found the price to be very stable ALL OVER THE WORLD, very nearly within the 1g for US$10-15 range. And the best of all, very little inflation.

[@Bit-while_going]

Any drug won't really be legalized as long as there is fear surrounding it. The only way to conquer the fear is to dispell the myths and the only way to dispell the myths is to educate the masses.

[@theflyingdutchguy9870]

its why education is important. the whole fear around weed started out with myths and lies about how it will cause people to go crazy and murder their families. eich we all know is bs

[@Shmerpy]

In 1973 I travelled across Asia. Hashish was openly smoked in Afghanistan then, but the US was already putting pressure on the Aghan Gov't to halt the trade. People were starting to be busted. In India it was smoked everywhere; not absolutely certain of the legality of it. Nepal it was everywhere. 10 years later in SE Asia it was a definite no no But where there's a will...

[@tangerinetangerine4400]

Afghanistan and India, such highly evolved societies, great examples to follow. 🤔🙄

[@Shmerpy]

@@tangerinetangerine4400 india is a highly evolved society, just like Afghanistan once was. Just like the USA once was...

[@tangerinetangerine4400]

@@Shmerpy right.

[@mrman6984]

@@tangerinetangerine4400 just because those countries are more impovershed dosen't mean they are automatically bad, and afganistan used to be way better before the terrorism

[@shandonsahm3343]

THC never killed anyone n they know it

[@BadBoyV1]

Needs to be decriminalised world wide

[@journeyintococo6996]

Legalised, not just decriminalised.

[@ricvibesinc1]

Nature is all legal.. ' the shitstems a fraud ...' period..

[@mads205]

@@journeyintococo6996 Nah regulation is good. The weed today is super strong and can do real damage, and not only to younger people, everyone.

[@another_alex8738]

The prohibition of most drugs was solely based on Americas power and racism anyway, who pressured to ban it everywhere in the world. I'm glad these narrow-minded thinking patterns regarding drugs are getting more and more dissembled.

[@joexavier2287]

Who told,,ur mom May be in western countries..not in asia.. Thailand will ban it pretty sure..

[@cocoaorange1]

That is sad people want to mess their minds on drugs.

[@deanl0]

@@cocoaorange1 You don't need drug to mess up your mind.

[@gaoxiaen1]

@@cocoaorange1 Especially alcohol.

[@ricvibesinc1]

A messed up mind could be cos of past karmic trauma ...

[@nicholaszeman4045]

I use Cannabis now when I run 🏃‍♂️ 10 or more miles. It makes time go by faster, and my runs are more enjoyable. As an American whose laws should be founded on freedom of choice, it's time to legalize fully, recreationally!!

[@meejinhuang]

It should have never been criminalized. It should have been regulated and taxed just like tobacco in the first place.

[@JRCMRamos]

Legalize Now!

[@metalcadude2]

Germany have just made it legal to have 3 plants and up to 25 gram for personal use which is amazing. Hurry up UK!

[@Kalamari44]

Sorry folks, but that's not true. Germans were on hold by polticians promises ever since. So this 3 plants per adult promise turned again into a cannabis social club model with high regulations and no way for any legal profit... And years earlier the German government kicked their own inhabitant producers out of the big game for weed providers for the so called "Grasagentur" weed agency, because only those applying producers were admitted who had at least 3 yrs experience of legal weed production, so it couldn't be any German. As a German you must feel frustrated about Legalization. I live in Zambia now. Here I see also chances

[@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921]

Sorry, its the American government that is the problem here. Weed is not legalized on a Federal level to keep prisons and law enforcement lucrative in America. This has filtered down to every other country on the planet. They say it is legal in certain places, but making money off it is considered illegal and banks won't go anywhere near the weed business for loans or profits. In America alone, budgets for police and prison went up substantially since Covid.

[@BobQuigley]

IMO As soon as the liquor and tobacco industries 'donate' enough$$$ to politicians the laws will change. Of course as always they'll crush every small grower distributor etc as they gobble up market share...

[@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921]

@@BobQuigley Why would the power be placed in the hands of those that already have the wealth from the alcohol and Tobacco industry?

[@deanl0]

@@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921 It's called "Lobbying" very effective way to do business in politics.

[@randar1969]

We here in the Netherlands said it all the time Marijuana isn't innocent but let's not fool ourselves alcohol is much more dangerous.

[@libshastra]

Western countries should compensate Asian countries for the stigma it gave when they forced Drug regulations down its throat. Thanks Reagan, we are still living with your stigma

[@disorganizedorg]

The 1972 amendments to the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs likely had more to do with it, especially in regard to cannabis. That was when Reagan was governor of California following his career playing second banana to a chimpanzee.

[@disorganizedorg]

@@RealCherry8085 I'm not sure on the degree, but I agree they were both disasters... and each of them had lots of help. Nixon was a more complex figure; he had several accomplishments that he should be lauded for*. In the case of Reagan, it's just the myth that he was single-handedly responsible for the dissolution of the USSR. --- *eg, the EPA and the China trip. Of course the DEA pretty much negates those when taking him as a whole.

[@mihiec]

Asian countries should repay for the damage that chingis han done to europe

[@libshastra]

@@disorganizedorg Aaah you're right! I had 1988 convention in mind.

[@WinterGK]

USA is one place. Europe was also pressured to make this wonderful plant illegal.

[@thairston1]

Everyone needs to know Raphael Mechoulam is often called the "father of cannabis research" because of his pioneering work. In 1963, he successfully isolated and elucidated the chemical structure of cannabidiol (CBD), one of the primary non-psychoactive compounds in the cannabis plant. A year later, in 1964, he and his research team were the first to isolate and synthesize delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the primary psychoactive compound responsible for the "high" associated with marijuana consumption.

[@somerandomfella]

I'd rather high, hungry & happy people than drunk, loud & violent people.. who cares about legality and government taxes..

[@pauldannelachica2388]

Cannabis oil has a huge application in medicine

[@joexavier2287]

Cannabis injury to health don't smoke

[@ryder7331]

@@joexavier2287 u dont smoke cannabis and u wanna talk for cannabis. get off the internet karen

[@joexavier2287]

@@ryder7331 yes..I am health care worker,i have more knowledge than u drug addicts

[@ryder7331]

@@joexavier2287 yea exactly a health care worker and u have never experience weed and u wanna talk for weed users? thats like saying im on the internet so i work for microsoft corporation. Thats not how it works karen get off the internet

[@bmwocanada3989]

Legalizing cannabis has a lot of benefits for society. That's why several countries are considering it.

[@johnlomax2502]

Thai cannabis, what we used to call Thai Stick in the 1970's is/was the strongest and most psychedelic type of marijuana. This is why I laugh when I hear young people today repeating the lie that weed was weak thirty pluss years ago. Not if you smoked that Thai Stick. We saw people panicking from the potency that they were not expecting.. Nowadays, it's called "greening out".

[@S7EVE_P]

Cannabis is a positive plant and will have a positive impact socially.

[@henryg1069]

In my country is only legal for medical porpoises 😢

[@CookingWithCows]

I'd love to visit your medical porpoises (dolphins)

[@ronlivingston7612]

They have been studying marijuana since the 60s. The first published study stated marijuana was not nearly as harmful as booze and cigarettes which have always been legal and a huge money maker for the establishment. They know booze and cigarettes are deadly but they don't want regulation there. They make too much money. Marijuana is competition. That's why they have been so slow to legalize marijuana, not because they are afraid it may harm someone.

[@shahwarkhan31]

Its only been banned because it is very easy to grow and the tobacco companies didn't wanted to lose their customer base.

[@gerryhouska2859]

Australia is lacking, too.

[@hareru7529]

Why is RT news removed from KZbin while comeback recently

[@friendo760]

I smoke and glad it’s legalized in my U.S. state, however interesting to see how biased D.W. is for it’s legalization everywhere.

[@basemikramseif]

Such a well spoken fellow

[@tybrady1935]

Helps with tourism.

[@cattleNhay]

Let farmers grow it, make bio diesel from the seeds..paper, bio degradable plastics, and 50’000 other products. But no, then the few owners of industry’s would loose billions and we can’t have that ( so they pay off the ones making laws to not allow it) Imagine if you could grow in your back yard and have enough to power your cars, tractor..heat your house for a year. It doesn’t take that much for a household.

[@dipiti8739]

Cheaper and less damaging than alcohol.

[@sockhal4595]

It’s sad that nobody remember it was Nixon who made illegal all that could put peace loving culture in the head of hippies, who were against Nixon’s war in Vietnam.

[@KinokoCardano]

Come on 🇵🇭 Philippines!!!!

[@bentucker2301]

Because it makes money and is far far far less harmful than alcohol. Next

[@HairyPinkTroll]

If government wants to cash in on the industry (which the novelty will wear off) the place to make the money is quality assurance, testing, labeling, consistency in strains. If you going from the tax angle nobody is going to be able to afford to use it as a medicine at $50-90 for 3.5 g. You know it’s a weed right? It just comes out of the ground that way 😂

[@MadKingOfMadaya]

*_Asia is not lagging. Psychodelic products have been used since millenia before anyone with sense stepped foot in europe and the west. The middle east and more specifically Babylonia was known for it's love of beer, Persia for it's love of wine, psycodelics were also used daily. It's no surprise then that the biggest religions that prohibit the consumption of these things come from that same region._*

[@rvs1]

Even though i agree that legalizing marijuana and getting some proper regulation on it is a good thing you as a news channel should not merely imply that it's inevitable everyone legalizes it by saying "asia is lagging".

[@K1lostream]

I wish it would change everywhere! I used to use marijuana in my younger days - had to give it up because I got job where it would be fatal to be found as a user. The alcohol I use now to unwind is less enjoyable and more harmful.... but it's taxable, so its okay by my work.

[@johnnyc5765]

You need to change your job like me. hehe

[@K1lostream]

@@johnnyc5765 But I like my job! Why should I have to change my job when it's the dang law that's wrong?!

[@johnnyc5765]

@@K1lostream Well, you have the answer, you like your job more. I like my cannabis more so I changed my job and location. We are not the same.

[@mrhappy5789]

Kratom is a cultural drug for Thailand but it's still illegal

[@kurtilein3]

Its as addictive as opium, and opium is also a cultoral drug in some places. As is cocaine.

[@Hasan-we7qp]

living in indonesia i know this will never pass

[@praddumnvats6759]

Haram eh

[@MedicatedMemory]

Never say never. I'm in the Bible belt, and it's legal today.

[@praddumnvats6759]

@@MedicatedMemory Bible belt?

[@MedicatedMemory]

@praddumnvats6759 very conservative

[@praddumnvats6759]

@@MedicatedMemory oh that's great...but conservative catholics are on the decline..on the other hand conservatives are strong in Indonesia

[@youssefselkani]

Killing and enslaving innocent millions people all over the world is okay but smoking a natural plant is a HUGE issue

[@tuckhorse]

My daughter has been arrested in the drug war, I guess you know whose side I'm on.

[@dominicrekittke3352]

And ontop: Legalisation and decriminalisation will facilitate the agricultural usage in a big scale. We should never forget what a fantastic crop hemp is an how it can actually help to „heal“ the soil…

[@sudenrajbhandari9158]

It should be legal

[@cowsagainstcapitalism347]

You need to have full cannabis legality if you want to join the civilzied world or be seen as full humans. Its absolutely insane cannabis is prohibited anywhere.

[@brucecollis8609]

It will be a huge boost tor tourism.

[@63browning]

Just came back from Krabi - every third shop selling weed.

[@zaphod22]

The name of the plant is cannabis, but the common term used for decades has been marijuana. Some argue it is time to retire the word marijuana, because it's pejorative, even racist.

[@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477]

Could you explain why for someone who doesn’t know?

[@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477]

Where I’m from, we call it weed, because a low potency variety called Ruderalis grows in ditches here, imported a century ago for usage in the formerly burgeoning hemp industry. It’s much like how Chinese mulberries are prevalent in North America due to a historic silk industry, with trees imported from China long since spread beyond their former orchards.

[@MoldMonkey93]

Once Japan stops stigmatizing it, we will all have our dreams come true.

[@piggybaggy242]

Netherlands are great. Weed is legal but everything is mormal

[@Vikis420]

Xd its far from being legal. Its partially tolerated

[@simeondaly4847]

I smoke it for pain in my knees and also for appetite.

[@disorganizedorg]

Have you explored CBD for your pain? Some people don't grasp that to some the high is an unwanted side effect. I get that reaction to my use of mushrooms for migraine headache prophylaxis; people don't believe me when I tell them that they have little to no subjective effect on me, even in doses considered extremely high.

[@YvetteArby]

@AnonLab2Crohn’s is terrible! You have my sympathy. ✌🏼💖

[@KataIIama]

cant wait to cop my hash and weed legally

[@Joaquin546]

It’s great I did that yesterday!

[@Joaquin546]

@@s.m.1354lol that makes zero sense when you realize the most brainwashing authoritarian governments make it illegal! 😂

[@ryder7331]

@@s.m.1354 i disagree with u Alcohol makes u more aggressive. If anything has to be banned in the future compared to weed its alcohol. Every weekend there is a fight. Get off the streets with ya alcohol head. The only brainwashing thing here in the world are woman.

[@Vikis420]

​@@s.m.1354 xddddddd dont forget about 5G 😂

[@larsrons7937]

Gotta legalize it, don't criticize it.

[@stuartsmith8155]

it was inevitable, the kids that used to smoke on the down low are now in charge of everything, we grew up, and we know pot is not dangerous.

[@tangerinetangerine4400]

And the word seems so much better now that you're in charge. /S

[@gaoxiaen1]

@@tangerinetangerine4400 I doubt that Biden, Putin, and Xi ever smoked pot. Maybe they wouldn't be enemies if they sat down for a bong session together.

[@notyou6336]

Spent 45 days in Thailand a few months ago going back in 3 days, when we were there we were so surprised by the empty weed stores they are by no means popular and there is far too many for how many tourists are actually interested in smoking we met very few to any like minded stoners on our travels quite sad really… but I suspect the stores will soon dwindle after this initial boom of them opening I just didn’t see the custom there for them maybe stoners are just to lazy to leave their European countries or too broke idk 😂

[@DiggyT]

Politicians don't want a relaxed voting population, harder instill lies and fear.

[@saptarshiroychowdhury319]

When is it going to get legal in India???

[@strobboskop]

May the best growers never give their identity to the government.

[@WaffenSSTotenkopf]

Best way to overcome the stigma, is to light up a spliff and inhale👌😅

[@emranismail4875]

Make weed legal in Asia and the rest of the world.

[@gabrielacard7050]

Here in Canada 🇨🇦 it’s been federally legal since 2018 , my husband and I even been growing our own since and next month is harvest time for us as we grow indoors of course , I even make my own edibles too with it .

[@DV-zv4ox]

I'm from Australia and really jealous of Canada for such a smart move. We have a minor party here who are trying to push the current government to legalize it like Canada. Fingers crossed it happens in the next few years.

[@sherwinfrancisco1649]

May I know where are u in Canada 🇨🇦

[@aaronhopkins6697]

@@DV-zv4ox let's hope and pray for all of Australia that it happens in the next few months, not years. As it has already been talked about now for many years. Now is the time for all of Australia to come out of the shadows, and try to catch up with the rest of the world.

[@elijah420stuffs2]

Meanwhile in Italy we have Meloni...:(

[@GolDRoger-fx2fp]

Because some Asian countries want to aim high.

[@nidhinkn5980]

It's really good 😌.

[@journeyintococo6996]

You can obtain medical marijuana in England.

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

In States where it is legal weed is not enough and they will do anything to get more THC.

[@gaoxiaen1]

LOL! Sure. As if you have to smoke all you have all the time. High THC is less harmful because you smoke less.

[@russellrademacher3523]

Wish it have CC added to it. 14 hours in and it does not even have it.

[@mptw]

I'd much rather recreationally smoke marajuana than drink alcohol. Still banned in TW and probably for the foreseeable future. Very conservative society, especially amongst the older generation.

[@thestarshavefallen]

Meanwhile the UK is a joke country when it comes to cannabis legislation

[@toppsiegritt9603]

That's Right

[@StopWars420]

Cannabis and mushrooms should be legal

[@ピッピ-e4p]

Look at the Western countries and feeling they are not feeling problems at all

[@w.terrace5394]

We have more Marijuana dispensers than seven elevens here in my state. They all have very few customers. Don't know how their business going to survive or even make a small profit.

[@RobespierreThePoof]

Colorado? California? Some will close if they aren't financially viable. But a store doesn't need to be busy to be profitable, necessarily.

[@karmasutra4774]

Here in Florida it is busy, but is regulated since it is med only

[@GerardPedrico]

Basically, what makes Marijuana extremely dangerous is human greed i.e. the strong urge for people trading in that business to get rich as quick as possible and to get rich as much as possible.

[@noobbiker6314]

If anyone can plant it why buy? So S# haha

[@olic7266]

Grow it yourself if you don't want to buy it

[@Nefariously_ignorant]

"how do you overcome the stigma and at the same time remind younger people of the health hazards, especially teens whose brains are still developing?" What a manipulative loaded question How do you do it with alcohol? Now, copy/paste The most insulting thing of the loaded questions is cannabis doesn't cause any damage to the human body but alcohol is actually poison. With that knowledge, try to make sense of countries choosing to make cannabis illegal but alcohol legal

[@EdwinBonilla0]

Alcoholic beverages are not poison.

[@gaoxiaen1]

@@EdwinBonilla0 Yes they are.

[@EdwinBonilla0]

@xia en Gao No they are not. Alcoholic beverages are beverages.

[@siggy3353]

The guy with the sunglasses gave a verry good response

[@mauriziodetomasi4526]

Why Italy doesn't want to ? :(

[@jaaksavat7916]

@Marizio De Tomasi because the mafia has the market.

[@mauriziodetomasi4526]

@@jaaksavat7916 I knew it, unfortunately!

[@elijah420stuffs2]

@@jaaksavat7916 also because Vatican bigotry right parties etc

[@ran1311]

legalize marijuana it's not a crime

[@fredmidtgaard5487]

The guy Nadon around 6;00 does not answer any questions but talks around.

[@MooseBme]

Why? Money, power, control...

[@ebayseller6133]

I don't care why JUST DO IT

[@technodrone313]

because it's dried flowers that make your body work better.

[@nataliep6385]

My brother got about 2,5 years in prison for 77gram of skunk like 10 years ago - because they thought he was selling it. (They found a weight/scale in his house) and nothing else... The laws against "drugs" aka cannabis where we live is so damn strict..

[@luis15317]

Where do you live ?

[@aoikemono6414]

Let's have the same mindless debate other wealthier, richer, more adavanced countries who have already legalized marijuana for years have had because, ya know, we are special and somehow marijuana affects our bodies differently. Let's also mindlessly not regulate it properly because we are too good for the frameworks that other countries with proven track records have graciously provided us.

[@luceinbattaglia9425]

Legalize it worldwide 💚

[@makaleaalexander9763]

NATIONAL TOSS A POT SEED DAY- May 15. Everyone toss seeds out everywhere you go, in the woods, road sides, etc.

[@pigboypunk]

no regulations is the way it should be...it's a plant, a flower...plus, regulate your face!