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Cannabis Laws in Arizona

Arizona allows adult-use and medical cannabis under Proposition 207, but possession limits, DUI rules, and fed...

11 sources 5 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Auckland

Cannabis is illegal for recreational use in Auckland under New Zealand federal law, with limited medical acces...

9 sources 2 weeks ago

Cannabis Laws in Australia

A federal-state patchwork: medical cannabis is legal nationwide, recreational use is decriminalised in some ju...

12 sources 3 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Austria

Austria treats cannabis as an illegal narcotic but decriminalizes small-quantity personal possession through a...

11 sources 1 week ago

Cannabis Laws in Bangkok

Thailand's capital sits at the center of a fast-shifting cannabis policy that has swung from decriminalization...

6 sources 2 months ago

Cannabis Laws in China

China prohibits recreational cannabis with strict criminal penalties, while permitting tightly regulated indus...

11 sources 4 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Colorado

Colorado was the first US state to legalize adult-use cannabis sales, with a mature regulated market and stric...

14 sources 5 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Florida

Florida allows medical cannabis through a state registry but keeps recreational possession a criminal offense...

11 sources 5 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Greece

Greece allows medical cannabis and has decriminalized small-quantity personal use, but recreational possession...

7 sources 5 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Hawaii

Medical cannabis is legal in Hawaii and possession of small amounts is decriminalized, but recreational use re...

10 sources 5 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Hungary

Hungary maintains one of the EU's stricter cannabis regimes, criminalizing possession and use with no decrimin...

10 sources 3 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Idaho

Idaho remains one of the strictest U.S. states on cannabis, with no medical program and felony charges for eve...

9 sources 6 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Illinois

Illinois legalized adult-use cannabis in 2020 under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, with possession limit...

9 sources 5 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Israel

A summary of Israel's medical cannabis program, decriminalized personal use, and stalled efforts to legalize r...

10 sources 5 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Japan

Japan maintains some of the world's strictest cannabis laws, with recent 2023 reforms adding criminal penaltie...

13 sources 5 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Louisiana

Louisiana has a functional medical cannabis program, decriminalized small possession, and no legal adult-use m...

9 sources 4 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Maine

A plain-English guide to Maine's medical and adult-use cannabis laws, possession limits, home cultivation, and...

12 sources 3 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Malta

Malta became the first EU country to legalize personal cannabis use and home cultivation in late 2021, with no...

8 sources 3 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Manchester

Cannabis is illegal in Manchester under UK law as a Class B drug, though local policing priorities have shifte...

12 sources 2 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Maryland

Maryland legalized adult-use cannabis in July 2023 following a 2022 ballot measure, joining a regulated medica...

11 sources 5 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Massachusetts

A plain-English guide to adult-use and medical cannabis rules in Massachusetts, including possession limits, h...

16 sources 6 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Mexico

Mexico's cannabis status sits in legal limbo: the Supreme Court struck down prohibition, but Congress still ha...

9 sources 3 months ago

Cannabis Laws in Miami

Recreational cannabis remains illegal in Miami as of 2024, but medical marijuana and hemp-derived products are...

8 sources 1 month ago

Cannabis Laws in Michigan

Michigan allows adult-use and medical cannabis under state law, with possession limits, home cultivation right...

14 sources 3 months ago