Canada allows cancer patients to grow marijuana plants

Year 2001

Canada became the first country to allow terminally ill patients such as cancer to grow and smoke their own marijuana. In April 2014, Health Canada allowed the commercial production of medicinal marijuana.

November 2012

In Colorado and Washington, marijuana is fully legalized, setting a precedent in the United States.

December 10, 2013

Uruguay has passed a bill on the legalization of marijuana, making it a country in the world that can legally produce and sell marijuana.

November 4, 2014

Oregon, Alaska and Washington, D.C., passed bills legalizing recreational marijuana use; medical marijuana is legal in 23 states.

January 12, 2016

The Department of Health of the State of Hawaii began accepting applications for the production and circulation of marijuana, and approved merchants can start producing and operating marijuana on July 15, 2016.

February 24, 2016

Alaska will soon become the next state in the United States to use recreational marijuana for public consumption. The state government has decided to start accepting applications for marijuana business licenses.

Mid-late January 2016

Israel has further liberalized the market of medical marijuana, and medical marijuana will enter Israeli pharmacy shelves in the form of cigarettes, biscuits and essential oils.

From the perspective of the world pattern and development trend, the United States, Canada, Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Israel, Brazil, Uruguay and the Czech Republic can already legally use marijuana, and gradually relax restrictions on the use of marijuana on the basis of legal use. Countries tend to be more rational and humanized in legislation.

The article comes from the official account of Wechat [Dr. Hanma] and WeChat account [DrHemp].