The First European Country To Legalize Cannabis Wants The Rest Of The EU To Follow Suit
Luxembourg will become the first European country to legalize
Luxembourg will become the first European country to legalise the production and consumption of cannabis – and it wants its EU neighbours to join it.
Health minister Etienne Schneider said the government would relax the country’s drug laws because the policy it has had for the past 50 years “did not work”.
“Forbidding everything made it just more interesting to young people,” he told Politico, as reported by The Guardian.
“I’m hoping all of us will get a more open-minded attitude toward drugs.”
A draft legislation will be unveiled later this year permitting Luxembourg residents 18-years and older to legally buy the drug for recreational use. It is expected to be rolled out within two years.
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