CANADA
A New Leaf
Canadian tourist T-shirts could well swap the traditional maple leaf for another icon following a Senate vote Tuesday making Canada the world’s first wealthy nation to fully legalize marijuana.
With it already approved by the House of Commons, the Senate approval means Bill C-45, otherwise known as the Cannabis Act, will soon become law. The measure legalizes marijuana possession, home growing, and sales for adults, with some remaining criminal penalties for things like selling to minors.
The move could also have dramatic implications for US drug policy, Vox reported.
While nine US states have also legalized marijuana for recreational use and 29 have allowed medicinal use, Canada’s federal legalization of the drug could potentially undermine three major international drug policy treaties, long fudged on the side of the Americans by saying federal laws still outlaw the drug, Vox wrote. Uruguay fully legalized marijuana in 2013.
Meanwhile, the British government said it would review the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes but rejected suggestions by a former foreign secretary regarding legalizing recreational use, the BBC reported.
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