Malta to become first country in Europe to legalize cannabis for recreational use

"And the ayes have it! The #Cannabis reform bill has just been approved at third reading stage," tweeted Owen Bonnici, Maltese Minister for Equality, Research and Innovation, who promoted the invoice.

Under the brand new regulation, residents aged 18 and over will probably be allowed to possess up to seven grams of cannabis, and domesticate up to 4 cannabis vegetation at dwelling.However, smoking cannabis in public will stay towards the regulation and anybody caught consuming cannabis in entrance of an individual beneath the age of 18 will probably be liable to fines of between US $340 and $564.The transfer places Malta on the forefront of a rising motion throughout Europe to chill out laws across the drug.In October, Luxembourg introduced it will legalize cannabis, nonetheless parliament has but to approve the measure.And Germany's incoming coalition authorities additionally included plans to legalize cannabis in its imaginative and prescient for the country, which was printed final month.