Timeline of cannabis law

The list includes and details significant events that occurred in the global history of national-level implementations of, or changes made to, laws surrounding the use, sale, or production of the psychoactive drug cannabis.

1300s

1378: Soudoun Sheikouni, the Emir of the Joneima in Arabia, outlawed the use of cannabis across his jurisdiction. Sheikouni's prohibition is one of the earliest, if not the earliest, attested cannabis ban in the world.{{cite book|author=Bankole A. Johnson|title=Addiction Medicine: Science and Practice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zvbr4Zn9S9MC&pg=PA303|date=10 October 2010|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4419-0338-9|pages=303–|access-date=23 March 2017|archive-date=20 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420095938/https://books.google.com/books?id=zvbr4Zn9S9MC&pg=PA303|url-status=live}}

1700s

1787: Madagascar's King Andrianampoinimerina took the throne, and soon after banned cannabis throughout the Merina Kingdom, implementing capital punishment as the penalty for its use.{{cite book|author=Gwyn Campbell|title=David Griffiths and the Missionary "History of Madagascar"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7pDNL4apVpgC&pg=PA437|date=3 April 2012|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-20980-0|pages=437–}}

1800s

1800: Shortly following Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and concerned by his troops' smoking of hashish and drinking of cannabis-based beverages, he banned the drug and the establishments that provided it.{{cite book | last=Booth | first=M. | title=Cannabis: A History | publisher=St. Martin's Press | year=2015 | isbn=978-1-250-08219-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ecITBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA76 | pages=76–77 | access-date=2016-11-26 | archive-date=2023-04-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420100010/https://books.google.com/books?id=ecITBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA76 | url-status=live }}
1830: The Municipal Council of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, prohibited bringing cannabis into the city, and punished its use by any slave.{{cite book|author1=Robert Clarke|author2=Mark Merlin|title=Cannabis: Evolution and Ethnobotany|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=poenY6QMq8UC&pg=PA182|date=1 September 2013|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-95457-1|pages=182–}}
1840: The British colony of Mauritius banned cannabis.{{cite book|title=A Collection of the Laws of Mauritius and Its Dependencies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ktHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA541|year=1867|publisher=By the authority of the Government|pages=541–|access-date=2017-12-11|archive-date=2023-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420100007/https://books.goongle.com/books?id=0ktHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA541|url-status=live}}
1861: British Guiana passed a law entitled An Ordinance to Regulate the Sale of Opium and Bhang.{{cite book|title=The Laws of British Guiana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6jJFAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA88|year=1895|publisher=H. Hart|pages=88–}}
1867: The British colonial government of Sri Lanka introduced the Opium and Bhang Ordinance, restricting the sale of cannabis to licensed dealers only.{{cite book|author=United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders|title=Drug control in Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA_DAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=UNAFEI|page=128}}{{cite book|author=C. G. Uragoda|title=A history of medicine in Sri Lanka from the earliest times to 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gj9rAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Sri Lanka Medical Association|page=192}}
1870: The British Natal Colony (now in South Africa) passed the Coolie Law Consolidation prohibiting: "the smoking, use, or possession by and the sale, barter, or gift to, any Coolies [Indian indentured workers] whatsoever, of any portion of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa)..."{{cite book|author=Brian M. Du Toit|title=Cannabis, alcohol, and the South African student: adolescent drug use, 1974-1985|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZkdxAAAhAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Ohio University Center for International Studies|isbn=978-0-89680-166-0|access-date=2016-11-26|archive-date=2023-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420105947/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZkdxAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
1877: The Ottoman government in Constantinople mandated that all hashish in Egypt be destroyed, and in 1879 importation of cannabis was banned by the Khedivate of Egypt.{{cite book|author1=((Indian Hemp Drugs Commission (1893–1894) ))|first2=W. Mackworth |last2=Young|title=Marijuana: Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1893–1894|url= |year=1969 |location=Silver Spring, Maryland |publisher=Thos. Jefferson Publishing Company|page=270}}{{cite book|author=E.L. Abel|title=Marihuana: The First Twelve Thousand Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pGgzBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA133|date=29 June 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4899-2189-5|pages=133–}}
1890: Morocco's Sultan Hassan I instituted strict regulations on cultivation and trade, but also conferred clear cannabis production privileges on several Rif tribes.{{cite book |author1=Fredrik Söderbaum |url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn%3Anbn%3Ase%3Anai%3Adiva-732 |title=Afro-regions: The Dynamics of Cross-border Micro-regionalism in Africa |author2=Ian Taylor |author3=Nordiska Afrikainstitutet |publisher=Stylus Pub Llc |year=2008 |isbn=978-91-7106-618-3 |page=130 |access-date=2022-04-20 |archive-date=2019-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627194649/https://books.google.com/books?id=18_sAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}
1890: Greece banned the cultivation, importation, and use of cannabis.{{cite book|author=E.L. Abel|title=Marihuana: The First Twelve Thousand Years|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pGgzBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA135|date=29 June 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4899-2189-5|pages=135–|access-date=8 December 2016|archive-date=20 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420100009/https://books.google.com/books?id=pGgzBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA135|url-status=live}}
1894: In British India the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission released its findings, concluding that "The moderate use practically produces no ill effects. In all but the most exceptional cases, the injury from habitual moderate use is not appreciable."{{cite web|url=http://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=74574662&mode=transcription|title=(298) Page 264 - India Papers > Medicine - Drugs > Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1894-1895 > Volume I - Medical History of British India - National Library of Scotland|work=nls.uk|access-date=13 July 2015|archive-date=13 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713185745/http://digital.nls.uk/indiapapers/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=74574662&mode=transcription|url-status=live}}

1900s

1913: Jamaica banned cannabis with the Ganja Law, supported by the white ruling class and the Council of Evangelical Churches in Jamaica.{{cite web |url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/The-ganja-law-of-1913--100-years-of-oppressive-injustice_15548584 |title=The ganja law of 1913: 100 years of oppressive injustice - Columns |publisher=JamaicaObserver.com |date=2013-12-02 |access-date=2015-07-24 |archive-date=2015-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725062712/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/The-ganja-law-of-1913--100-years-of-oppressive-injustice_15548584 |url-status=dead }}
1914: British East Africa Protectorate banned cannabis.{{cite book|title=Kenya Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-tucX8G18BkC&pg=PA882|date=15 October 1913|pages=882–}}
1920: Sierra Leone banned cannabis.{{cite book|author1=Emmanuel Akyeampong|author2=Allan G. Hill|author3=Arthur Kleinman|title=The Culture of Mental Illness and Psychiatric Practice in Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wUd9CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA39|date=1 May 2015|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-01304-0|pages=39–}}
1920: Mexico banned the cultivation, sale, and recreational use of cannabis.{{cite book|author=Isaac Campos|title=Home Grown: Marijuana and the Origins of Mexico's War on Drugs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXNSpdfxbmUC&pg=PA200|year=2012|publisher=Univ of North Carolina Press|isbn=978-0-8078-3538-8|pages=200–}}
1922: South Africa banned cannabis nationally, under the Customs and Excises Duty Act.{{cite book|author=Martin Chanock|title=The Making of South African Legal Culture 1902-1936: Fear, Favour and Prejudice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sw0w04BlxVYC&pg=PA94|date=5 March 2001|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-79156-4|pages=94–}}{{cite book|author=Craig Paterson|title=Prohibition & Resistance: A Socio-political Exploration of the Changing Dynamics of the Southern African Cannabis Trade, C. 1850 - the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPawZwEACAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Rhodes University}}. Cited in http://mg.co.za/article/2014-07-04-00-for-our-love-of-dagga-we-go-to-court {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119061655/http://mg.co.za/article/2014-07-04-00-for-our-love-of-dagga-we-go-to-court |date=2016-11-19 }}
1923: Canada banned cannabis.{{cite book|author=Martin A. Lee|title=Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana - Medical, Recreational and Scientific|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-SG3oWUjhMC&pg=PA325|date=14 August 2012|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4391-0260-2|pages=325–}}
1923: Panama banned the cultivation and use of cannabis.{{cite book|author=Rowan Robinson|title=The Great Book of Hemp: The Complete Guide to the Environmental, Commercial, and Medicinal Uses of the World's Most Extraordinary Plant|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w0qvkVGO0sgC&pg=PA58|year=1996|publisher=Inner Traditions / Bear & Co|isbn=978-0-89281-541-8|pages=58–}}
1923: In Italy, the Mussolini-Oviglio Law 396/23 banned the use of both marijuana and hashish.{{cite book |last1=Grimaldi A., and Mastagni S. |title=Canapa Italiana |date=1997 |publisher=Millelire Stampa Alternativa |location=Rome |url=https://sicamweb.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/canapaitaliana.pdf}}
1924: Sudan banned the cultivation and use of cannabis.{{cite book|author=Sudan|title=Laws of the Sudan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mnY_AQAAIAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Khartoum University Press|page=230}}
1925: The League of Nations signs the 1925 Opium Convention, for the first time adding pure cannabis extract among drugs under international control.{{Cite web|title=The cannabis problem: A note on the problem and the history of international action|url=https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bulletin_1962-01-01_4_page005.html|access-date=2022-02-21|website=Bulletin on Narcotics, XIV, 4, 27–31.|publisher=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime|language=en|archive-date=2021-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903154047/https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bulletin_1962-01-01_4_page005.html|url-status=live}}
1925: At the Brussels Conference for the harmonization of pharmacopoeia, "Cannabis herb" extract and tinctures were added to the monographs.{{Cite journal |last1=Riboulet-Zemouli |first1=Kenzi |last2=Krawitz |first2=Michael Alan |date=2022-01-01 |title=WHO's first scientific review of medicinal Cannabis: from global struggle to patient implications |url=https://doi.org/10.1108/DHS-11-2021-0060 |journal=Drugs, Habits and Social Policy |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=5–21 |doi=10.1108/DHS-11-2021-0060 |s2cid=247421561 |issn=2752-6747}}
1925: Trinidad and Tobago banned cannabis.{{cite book|author1=Axel Klein|author2=Marcus Day|author3=Anthony Harriott|title=Caribbean Drugs: From Criminalization to Harm Reduction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KlJyez-Nr70C&pg=PA58|date=13 November 2004|publisher=Zed Books|isbn=978-1-84277-499-1|pages=58–}}
1926: Lebanon prohibited hashish.{{cite book|author=Robert Connell Clarke|title=Hashish!|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hblBKeAE9rgC|year=1998|publisher=Red Eye Press|isbn=978-0-929349-05-3}}{{cite book|author=France. Ministère des affaires étrangères|title=... Rapport sur la situation de la Syrie et du Liban ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ks_mAAAAMAAJ|year=1925|publisher=Imprimerie nationale.|page=73|quote=Par arrêté du Haut-Commissaire en date du 8 octobre 1925, la culture du haschich, qui était particulièrement intense dans la Békaa (Grand Liban), a été interdite à compter du ier janvier 1926.|access-date=2016-11-30|archive-date=2023-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420100005/https://books.google.com/books?id=ks_mAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
1926: Australia banned cannabis.{{cite book|author1=Alex Wodak|author-link1=Alex Wodak|author2=Ron Owens|title=Drug Prohibition: A Call for Change|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9XM5JqWeQ8C&pg=PA11|date=January 1996|publisher=UNSW Press|isbn=978-0-86840-175-1|pages=11–}}
1927: Indonesia banned cannabis.{{cite book|author=Thomas H. Slone|title=Prokem|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phbLKWrK-9MC&pg=PA26|year=2003|publisher=Masalai Press|isbn=978-0-9714127-5-0|pages=26–}}
1928: The United Kingdom first prohibited cannabis as a drug, adding it as an addendum to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 46).{{cite book|author=Paul Manning|title=Drugs and Popular Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K2QQBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA136|date=11 January 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-01211-4|pages=136–}}{{cite book|author=Bernard Porter|title=Empire Ways: Aspects of British Imperialism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jfa5CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT58|date=30 October 2015|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-0-85773-959-9|pages=58–}}
1928: Romania established laws for countering narcotics, including hashish and its preparations.{{cite web |url=http://www.emcdda.europa.eu//html.cfm//index5174EN.html |title=EMCDDA | Country legal profiles |publisher=Emcdda.europa.eu |access-date=2016-11-26 |archive-date=2021-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718174929/https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/html.cfm/index5174EN.html |url-status=dead }}
1934: The Irish Free State prohibited cannabis and cannabis resin with the Dangerous Drugs Act 1934.{{cite web |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1934/act/1/enacted/en/print#partii |title=Dangerous Drugs Act, 1934, Part II |work=Irish Statute Book |access-date=7 December 2016 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220081529/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1934/act/1/enacted/en/print#partii |url-status=live }}
1935: The Office international d'hygiène publique recommends adding preparations of cannabis (and not only pure extracts) under control of the 1925 Convention.
1935: Thailand criminalized cannabis.{{cite journal|title=พระราชบัญญัติกันชา พุทธศักราช ๒๔๗๗|journal=Royal Thai Government Gazette|date=5 May 1935|volume=52|pages=339–343|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2478/A/339.PDF|access-date=6 December 2016|archive-date=4 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004080008/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2478/A/339.PDF|url-status=dead}}
1937: The United States passed the Marijuana Tax Act, effectively prohibiting most use of cannabis on a federal level due to the heavy burdens of the tax.
1939: Burma legalized and licensed the production and sale of cannabis.{{cite book|author=A. Wright|title=Opium and Empire in Southeast Asia: Regulating Consumption in British Burma|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e6VEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT82|date=21 November 2013|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-137-31760-5|pages=82–}}
1948: Japan adopted the Cannabis Control Law, establishing a licensing system for dealers, and punishments for unlicensed use or sale.{{cite book|author1=Minoru Shikita|author2=Shinichi Tsuchiya|title=Crime and Criminal Policy in Japan: Analysis and Evaluation of the Showa Era, 1926–1988|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9pHfBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA13|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4612-2816-5|pages=13–}}
1951: Poland classified cannabis as a narcotic.{{Cite book|url=http://repozytorium.uwb.edu.pl/jspui/bitstream/11320/2597/1/P.Bo%C5%82tryk%20-%20rozprawa%20doktorska.pdf|title=KRYMINOLOGICZNE I PRAWNE ASPEKTY POSIADANIA NARKOTYKÓW W POLSCE (NA PRZYKŁADZIE POCHODNYCH KONOPI INNYCH NIŻ WŁÓKNISTE)|last=Bołtryk|first=Piotr|publisher=UNIWERSYTET W BIAŁYMSTOKU|year=2014|pages=188–195|language=pl|access-date=2016-12-16|archive-date=2016-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220084916/http://repozytorium.uwb.edu.pl/jspui/bitstream/11320/2597/1/P.Bo%C5%82tryk%20-%20rozprawa%20doktorska.pdf|url-status=live}}
1953: Tunisia, under French rule, banned cannabis.{{cite book|author=United Nations. Commission on Narcotic Drugs|title=Summary of Annual Reports of Governments Relating to Opium and Other Narcotic Drugs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GXMqAQAAMAAJ|year=1949|access-date=2016-11-26|archive-date=2023-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420090936/https://books.google.com/books?id=GXMqAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=2017-04-12|title=Some Arab governments are rethinking harsh cannabis laws|newspaper=The Economist|url=https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2017/04/12/some-arab-governments-are-rethinking-harsh-cannabis-laws|access-date=2021-06-11|issn=0013-0613|archive-date=2018-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131081029/https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21720598-others-use-them-lock-up-restless-young-men-some-arab-governments-are-rethinking|url-status=live}}
1953: The Netherlands criminalized cannabis.{{cite book|author=Dirk J. Korf|title=Dutch Treat: Formal Control and Illicit Drug Use in the Netherlands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m8fxAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Thesis Publishers|isbn=978-90-5170-369-6|page=272}}
1956: Morocco becomes independent, and banned cannabis by royal decree.{{cite book|title=Africa Analysis: The Fortnightly Bulletin on Financial and Political Trends|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_si1AAAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Africa Analysis Limited|page=36}}
1961: The United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs decreed: "The use of cannabis for other than medical and scientific purposes must be discontinued as soon as possible but in any case within twenty-five years..."
1965: New Zealand banned cannabis under the Narcotics Act.{{cite book|author=Greg Newbold|title=Crime, Law and Justice in New Zealand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vMZJDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA153|date=3 June 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-27561-9|pages=153–}}
1966: Finland prohibited cannabis.{{cite web|title=VKS:2006:1 Seuraamuksen määrääminen huumausaineen käyttörikoksesta|url=http://www.vksv.fi/fi/index/julkaisutjaohjeet/valtakunnansyyttajanyleisetohjeet/syyteharkinta/vks20061seuraamuksenmaaraaminenhuumausaineenkayttorikoksesta.html|publisher=Finnish Office of the Prosecutor General|access-date=6 December 2016|language=fi|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220082540/http://www.vksv.fi/fi/index/julkaisutjaohjeet/valtakunnansyyttajanyleisetohjeet/syyteharkinta/vks20061seuraamuksenmaaraaminenhuumausaineenkayttorikoksesta.html|url-status=dead}}
1968: The government of the Republic of Vietnam "publicly condemned" the use or trafficking of cannabis, and instructed local chiefs to prevent its cultivation.{{cite book|title=Vietnam Studies: Law at War: Vietnam 1964-1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0_GdRa3z4YcC&pg=PT120|publisher=LLMC|pages=120–|id=GGKEY:L7BC9KNKENA}}
1969: Iceland & Denmark banned cannabis.{{cite news|title=Marihuana og LSD loks bannað hér!|url=http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3378672|access-date=10 December 2016|issue=235|publisher=Tíminn|date=25 October 1969|language=is|archive-date=21 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721073157/http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3378672|url-status=live}}
1970: The United States passed the Controlled Substances Act, prohibiting cannabis federally along with several other drugs and replacing the 1937 act.
1972: The Netherlands divided drugs into more- and less-dangerous categories, with cannabis being in the lesser category. Accordingly, possession of 30 grams or less was made a misdemeanor.{{cite book|author=Martin Booth|title=Cannabis: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O7AoY6ljSygC&pg=PA338|date=1 June 2005|publisher=Picador|isbn=978-0-312-42494-7|pages=338–}}
1973: Nepal canceled the licenses of all cannabis shops, dealers, and farmers, under pressure from the United States and the international community.{{cite book|author=Martin Booth|title=Cannabis: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mjn6sCiHoFIC&pg=PA325|date=30 September 2011|publisher=Transworld|isbn=978-1-4090-8489-1|pages=325–}}
1973: Afghanistan's King Zahir Shah outlawed cannabis production, followed by genuine commitment to eradication, backed by $47 million in funding from the United States government.
1975: Comoros' Ali Soilih seized power, and among other radical reforms to gain the support of youth, legalized cannabis in Comoros.[http://www.niyel.net/docs/Dossier_1_fr.pdf Dossiers sur les 30 Chefs d'Etat ou de Gouvernements tués] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723222625/http://www.niyel.net/docs/Dossier_1_fr.pdf |date=2011-07-23 }}{{in lang|fr}}{{citation |jstor = 2935448 |title = Transition, 73 – The Mercenary Position }}
1975: In Italy, hemp fields all but disappeared following the passage of the anti-drug Cossiga Law 685/75.{{cite web |title=Nasce la New Canapa Economy, aumentano di 10 volte i terreni coltivati |url=https://www.coldiretti.it/economia/cannabis-light-spinge-boom-coltivazione-canapa |work=National farmers association Coldiretti |date=9 May 2018}}
1976: South Korea passed the Cannabis Control Act.{{cite book|title=Korea News Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hmy6AAAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Korea Herald, Incorporated|page=44|access-date=2016-12-07|archive-date=2023-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420100014/https://books.google.com/books?id=Hmy6AAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}
1988: Paraguay decriminalized personal possession of 10 grams of cannabis or less.{{cite web|url=http://www.druglawreform.info/en/country-information/latin-america/paraguay/item/206-paraguay|title=Paraguay - Drug Law Reform in Latin America|author=TNI|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-date=21 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721045343/http://www.druglawreform.info/en/country-information/latin-america/paraguay/item/206-paraguay|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://ea.com.py/v2/en-paraguay-la-posesion-y-consumo-personal-de-la-marihuana-es-legal/|title=En Paraguay, la posesión y consumo personal de la marihuana es legal|work=E'a|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-date=21 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721044110/http://ea.com.py/v2/en-paraguay-la-posesion-y-consumo-personal-de-la-marihuana-es-legal/|url-status=live}}
1989: Bangladesh banned the sale of cannabis.{{cite web |url=http://dhakainsider.com/bangladesh-news/drug-abuse-where-is-the-way-of-remedy-part-ii-some-dangerous-silent-killers/ |title=Drug Abuse: Where is The Way of Remedy? (Part II- Some Dangerous Silent Killers) |publisher=DhakaInsider |date=2014-06-20 |access-date=2016-11-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115140731/http://dhakainsider.com/bangladesh-news/drug-abuse-where-is-the-way-of-remedy-part-ii-some-dangerous-silent-killers/ |archive-date=2016-11-15 }}
1990: In Italy, the Presidential Decree DPR 309/90 was passed into law, regarding the discipline of narcotics and psychotropic substances, prevention, treatment, and rehabillitation of the related stages of substance dependence, and it is reportedly responsible for 35% of the current national prison population.{{cite news |title=Il referendum sulla cannabis fa male ai clan e salva i giovani |url=https://www.corriere.it/cronache/21_settembre_16/referendum-cannabis-fa-male-clan-salva-giovani-4a7d20b8-1723-11ec-8284-145049fd3f8d.shtml |newspaper=Corriere della Sera newspaper |date=16 September 2021 }}
1992: Lebanon banned and eradicates cannabis, under US pressure.{{cite book|title=Réalités|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yPU7AQAAIAAJ|date=May 1996|publisher=Spectacle du monde|page=354|quote=Les Américains ne lâchant pas prise, le gouvernement libanais interdisait officiellement la culture du pavot et du cannabis en 1992.}}
1993: In Italy, a referendum repealed criminal penalties for the personal use of soft drugs.{{cite magazine |title=Inside Italy's Push To Decriminalize Recreational Cannabis |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dariosabaghi/2021/09/13/italy-wants-to-decriminalize-marijuana-on-the-ballot-amid-a-race-against-time/ |magazine=Forbes |date=13 September 2021}}
1996: California becomes the first jurisdiction in the United States to legalize cannabis for medicinal use (Proposition 215).{{Cite web|url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=11362.5.&lawCode=HSC|title=Law section|access-date=2020-05-21|archive-date=2020-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520233523/https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=11362.5.&lawCode=HSC|url-status=live}}
1997: Poland criminalized possession of cannabis.{{Cite book|url=http://repozytorium.uwb.edu.pl/jspui/bitstream/11320/2597/1/P.Bo%C5%82tryk%20-%20rozprawa%20doktorska.pdf|title=KRYMINOLOGICZNE I PRAWNE ASPEKTY POSIADANIA NARKOTYKÓW W POLSCE (NA PRZYKŁADZIE POCHODNYCH KONOPI INNYCH NIŻ WŁÓKNISTE)|last=Bołtryk|first=Piotr|publisher=UNIWERSYTET W BIAŁYMSTOKU|year=2014|pages=196–197|language=pl|access-date=2016-12-16|archive-date=2016-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220084916/http://repozytorium.uwb.edu.pl/jspui/bitstream/11320/2597/1/P.Bo%C5%82tryk%20-%20rozprawa%20doktorska.pdf|url-status=live}}

2000s

2001: Luxembourg decriminalized cannabis.{{cite book|author=David R. Bewley-Taylor|title=International Drug Control: Consensus Fractured|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Oxm66EtvLcC&pg=PA175|date=22 March 2012|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-01497-8|pages=175–}}
2001: Canada legalized cannabis for medical use.{{Cite web|url=https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2001-227/index.html|title=Marihuana Medical Access Regulations|date=2001|website=Justice Laws Canada|access-date=2018-10-18|archive-date=2018-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018161726/https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2001-227/index.html|url-status=live}}
2001: Portugal decriminalized cannabis.{{cite book|author=Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee|title=Drugs: Breaking the Cycle, Ninth Report of Session 2012-13, Vol. 2: Oral and Written Evidence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iaWK9XRfOhoC&pg=PA135|date=10 December 2012|publisher=The Stationery Office|isbn=978-0-215-05095-3|pages=135–}}{{cite book|author=Robin Room|title=Cannabis Policy: Moving Beyond Stalemate|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4vSA4F2Qb3QC&pg=PA89|year=2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-958148-1|pages=89–}}
2003: Belgium decriminalized cannabis.{{cite web|url=http://www.polfed-fedpol.be/|title=Federale politie - Police fdrale|author=Police fdrale - CGPR Webteam|access-date=14 January 2015|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226021500/https://www.politie.be//nl|url-status=live}}{{citation |url = http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_law.shtml#belgium |title = Cannabis legal status vault – Belgium |publisher = Erowid.org |access-date = 2011-02-17 |archive-date = 2019-12-15 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191215152836/https://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_law.shtml#belgium |url-status = live }}
2004: Russia decrimminalized cannabis.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
2005: Estonia decriminalized cannabis.{{Cite web |first=Mart|last=Kalvet|title=Decriminalization of Drug Use in Estonia |url=https://harmreductioneurasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mart-Kalvet_LUNEST.pdf |access-date=2023-01-13 |archive-date=2023-01-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113175812/https://harmreductioneurasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mart-Kalvet_LUNEST.pdf |url-status=live }}
2005: Chile decriminalized cannabis.{{cite web|url=http://druglawreform.info/en/country-information/latin-america/chile/item/202-chile|title=Chile - Drug Law Reform in Latin America|author=TNI|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-date=6 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006123221/http://druglawreform.info/en/country-information/latin-america/chile/item/202-chile|url-status=live}}
2006: Brazil decriminalized possession and cultivation of personal amounts of cannabis.{{cite book|author=Professor Anita Kalunta-Crumpton|title=Pan-African Issues in Drugs and Drug Control: An International Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PlsdCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA242|date=28 June 2015|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-1-4724-2214-9|pages=242–|access-date=30 November 2016|archive-date=20 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420100007/https://books.google.com/books?id=PlsdCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA242|url-status=live}}
2008: Austria legalized cannabis for medical use.{{cite web |url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gMXaMnzKEu6FxfDVlCHd4xMcmEbg |title=AFP: Austria allows cannabis for medical purposes |access-date=2008-07-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905104155/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gMXaMnzKEu6FxfDVlCHd4xMcmEbg |archive-date=2008-09-05 }}
2009: Ukraine decriminalized cannabis cultivation up to 10 cannabis plants for personal use.{{Cite web |title=Ukraine Cannabis Law |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1165-17/print1462851647388498#Text |access-date=2023-01-03 |archive-date=2023-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103050941/https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1165-17/print1462851647388498#Text |url-status=live }}
2009: Mexico decriminalized possession of up to 5 grams of cannabis.{{cite news |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/world/americas/21mexico.html |work = The New York Times |title = Mexico Legalizes Drug Possession |date = 21 August 2009 |access-date = 2010-04-04 |archive-date = 2018-04-01 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180401103237/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/21/world/americas/21mexico.html |url-status = live }}
2009: Argentina decriminalized cannabis.{{cite web|url=http://druglawreform.info/en/country-information/latin-america/argentina/item/199-argentina|title=Argentina - Drug Law Reform in Latin America|author=TNI|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-date=1 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001144340/http://druglawreform.info/en/country-information/latin-america/argentina/item/199-argentina|url-status=live}}
2010: Czech Republic decriminalized cannabis.{{cite web |last=Carney |first=Sean |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/emergingeurope/2009/12/08/czech-govt-allows-5-cannabis-plants-for-personal-use-from-2010/ |title=Czech Govt Allows 5 Cannabis Plants For Personal Use From 2010 - Emerging Europe Real Time - WSJ |publisher=Blogs.wsj.com |date=2009-12-08 |access-date=2016-11-26 |archive-date=2011-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407032943/http://blogs.wsj.com/new-europe/2009/12/08/czech-govt-allows-5-cannabis-plants-for-personal-use-from-2010/ |url-status=live }}
2011: Denmark approves drugs containing synthetic-cannabinoids (dronabinol) for medical use.Danish Medicines Agency (30 September 2016): [https://laegemiddelstyrelsen.dk/en/special/questionsanswers-about-cannabis-for-medicinal-use Cannabis for medicinal use – questions and answers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128180206/http://laegemiddelstyrelsen.dk/en/special/questionsanswers-about-cannabis-for-medicinal-use |date=2017-01-28 }}.DR Nyheder (10 October 2016). [https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/baggrund-derfor-er-cannabis-medicin-faktisk-lovligt BAGGRUND Derfor er cannabis-medicin faktisk lovligt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109021716/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/baggrund-derfor-er-cannabis-medicin-faktisk-lovligt |date=2016-11-09 }}. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
2012: Switzerland decriminalized possession of 10 grams or less to a fine.{{cite web |url=http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/ff/2012/7539.pdf |title=FF 2012 7539 |access-date=2016-11-16 |archive-date=2020-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517154324/https://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/federal-gazette/2012/7539.pdf |url-status=live }}
2012: Colombia decriminalized possession of 20 grams or less.{{cite web |url=http://www.pri.org/stories/2012-06-30/colombia-decriminalizes-cocaine-marijuana |title=Colombia decriminalizes cocaine, marijuana | Public Radio International |publisher=Pri.org |date=2012-06-30 |access-date=2016-11-26 |archive-date=2016-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127025434/http://www.pri.org/stories/2012-06-30/colombia-decriminalizes-cocaine-marijuana |url-status=live }}
2013: Croatia decriminalized possession of cannabis.{{Cite web |url=http://www.encod.org/info/CROATIA-TO-DECRIMINALIZE-DRUG.html |title=CROATIA TO DECRIMINALIZE DRUG POSSESSION - Encod.org |access-date=2016-12-06 |archive-date=2012-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817091744/http://www.encod.org/info/CROATIA-TO-DECRIMINALIZE-DRUG.html |url-status=dead }}
2013: Uruguay legalized cannabis.{{cite web |author=Mic |url=https://mic.com/articles/106094/one-year-after-uruguay-legalized-marijuana-here-s-what-it-s-become#.yOxtyvDMv |title=One Year After Uruguay Legalized Marijuana, Here's What It's Become |date=9 December 2014 |publisher=Mic |access-date=2016-11-26 |archive-date=2016-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126043300/https://mic.com/articles/106094/one-year-after-uruguay-legalized-marijuana-here-s-what-it-s-become#.yOxtyvDMv |url-status=live }}
2013: Italy legalized cannabis for medical use.https://www.ibtimes.com/marijuana-legalization-italy-pot-laws-eased-growers-cultivating-medical-cannabis-2267841%3Famp%3D1?client=safari{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2013: Romania legalized cannabis for medical use.{{cite news|title=Romania Legalizes Medical Marijuana, Becomes 10th EU Country To Permit Therapeutic Use|url=http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=154315|access-date=14 October 2013|newspaper=Novinite|date=6 October 2013|archive-date=21 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621015758/https://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=154315|url-status=live}}
2013: Czech Republic legalized cannabis for medical use.[http://www.lidovky.cz/ve-zdravotnictvi-nabyva-ucinnosti-rada-zmen-lecba-konopim-legalni-104-/zpravy-domov.aspx?c=A130401_124139_ln_domov_hm Zdravotnictví prochází změnou. Léčba konopím je nyní legální | Zprávy z domova] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122071422/http://www.lidovky.cz/ve-zdravotnictvi-nabyva-ucinnosti-rada-zmen-lecba-konopim-legalni-104-/zpravy-domov.aspx?c=A130401_124139_ln_domov_hm |date=2016-11-22 }}. www.lidovky.cz. Retrieved on 2013-04-17.[http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/news-2013-04-01#3 Radio Prague – News – 01-04-2013 21:30] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106001844/http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/news-2013-04-01#3 |date=2013-11-06 }}. Radio.cz. Retrieved on 2013-04-17.
2013: France legalized synthetic-cannabinoids for medical use.{{cite news|title=Legalising or decriminalizing cannabis in France: not that easy|url=http://www.euronews.com/2013/11/06/france-legalising-or-decriminalizing-cannabis-not-that-easy|access-date=15 December 2013|newspaper=Euronews|date=6 November 2013|author=Marie Jamet|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226021356/https://www.euronews.com/2013/11/06/france-legalising-or-decriminalizing-cannabis-not-that-easy|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=French law on pot-based medicine takes effect|url=http://www.thelocal.fr/20130610/legalized-cannabis-tea-could-be-on-drug-menu-for-french-patients-in-pharmacies|access-date=15 December 2013|newspaper=The Local|date=10 June 2013|author=Ann Törnkvist|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226021452/https://www.thelocal.fr/20130610/legalized-cannabis-tea-could-be-on-drug-menu-for-french-patients-in-pharmacies|url-status=live}}
2015: Malta decriminalized cannabis.{{cite web |url=http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/51881/new_drugs_reform_law_into_force_today_what_has_changed#.WDYlVpLvhDq |title=New drugs reform law into force today– what has changed? |publisher=MaltaToday.com.mt |date=2015-04-15 |access-date=2016-11-26 |archive-date=2018-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002205146/https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/51881/new_drugs_reform_law_into_force_today_what_has_changed#.WDYlVpLvhDq |url-status=live }}
2015: Colombia legalized cannabis for medical use.{{cite web |author=Paula Carrillo |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/colombia-legalizes-medical-marijuana-171023547.html?ref=gs |title=Colombia legalizes medical marijuana |publisher=Yahoo.com |date=2015-12-22 |access-date=2016-11-18 |archive-date=2016-11-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118101625/https://www.yahoo.com/news/colombia-legalizes-medical-marijuana-171023547.html?ref=gs |url-status=dead }}
2015: Croatia legalized synthetic-cannabinoids for medical use.{{cite news|url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/croatia-first-balkan-county-to-legalize-medical-marijuana-10-15-2015-1|title=Croatia Legalises Marijuana for Medical Use|publisher=Balkan Insight|access-date=30 November 2016|archive-date=30 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930085345/http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/croatia-first-balkan-county-to-legalize-medical-marijuana-10-15-2015-1|url-status=live}}
2015: Jamaica decriminalized possession of up to 2 ounces of cannabis and legalized the cultivation for personal use of up to 5 plants.{{cite news|title=Jamaica Lawmakers Decriminalize Small Amounts of 'Ganja'|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/jamaica-decriminalizes-small-amounts-ganja-29205668?singlePage=true|access-date=25 February 2015|publisher=ABC News|date=25 February 2015|archive-date=11 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511120921/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/jamaica-decriminalizes-small-amounts-ganja-29205668?singlePage=true|url-status=live}}
2015: Spain decriminalized cannabis cultivation up to 10 cannabis plants for personal use.{{Cite web |last=EMCDDA |date=2017 |title=Since 2015 cultivation for personal use in places visible to the public is considered an administrative offence |url=https://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/c0703c01-0d38-11e7-8a35-01aa75ed71a1.0001.03/DOC_1 |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=EMCDDA |archive-date=2023-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121204257/https://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/c0703c01-0d38-11e7-8a35-01aa75ed71a1.0001.03/DOC_1 |url-status=live }}
2016: Austria decriminalized possession of small amounts of cannabis.{{Cite web|url = http://www.salzburg24.at/legalisierung-light-cannabis-in-kleinstmengen-quasi-straffrei/4517780|title = "Legalisierung light": Cannabis in Kleinstmengen quasi straffrei|date = 13 November 2015|access-date = 16 December 2017|archive-date = 11 June 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170611165648/http://www.salzburg24.at/legalisierung-light-cannabis-in-kleinstmengen-quasi-straffrei/4517780|url-status = live}}
2016: North Macedonia legalized cannabis for medical use..{{cite web|url=http://www.balkanews.org/index.php/2016/02/10/macedonia-parliament-legalizes-medical-marijuana/|title=Macedonia: Parliament Legalizes Medical Marijuana|work=Eurasia Review|date=22 April 2015}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2016: Australia legalized cannabis for medical use.{{cite news |url = http://www.businessinsider.com.au/medical-marijuana-is-now-legal-in-australia-2016-2 |publisher = Business Insider Australia |title = Medical marijuana is now legal in Australia |date = 24 February 2016 |access-date = 26 November 2016 |archive-date = 24 June 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180624175418/https://www.businessinsider.com.au/medical-marijuana-is-now-legal-in-australia-2016-2 |url-status = dead }}
2016: Poland legalized cannabis for medical use.{{Cite news|url=http://www.rp.pl/Sluzba-zdrowia/303089862-Legalizacja-marihuany-jest-prawnie-niemozliwa.html#ap-1|title=Legalizacja marihuany jest prawnie niemożliwa - Służba zdrowia - rp.pl|access-date=2016-12-02|archive-date=2016-12-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202171101/http://www.rp.pl/Sluzba-zdrowia/303089862-Legalizacja-marihuany-jest-prawnie-niemozliwa.html#ap-1|url-status=live}}
2016: Norway legalized cannabis for medical use.{{Cite web|url=https://legemiddelverket.no/nyheter/behandling-med-medisinsk-cannabis-innenfor-dagens-regelverk|title=Behandling med medisinsk cannabis innenfor dagens regelverk|website=Statens Legemiddelverk|access-date=2017-12-15|archive-date=2017-12-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216034430/https://legemiddelverket.no/nyheter/behandling-med-medisinsk-cannabis-innenfor-dagens-regelverk|url-status=live}}
2016: Georgia's Supreme Court ruled that imprisonment for possession of small amounts of cannabis is unconstitutional.{{cite news|title=Norms envisaging imprisonment for marijuana use now null and void in Georgia|url=http://agenda.ge/news/72349/eng|access-date=25 December 2016|work=Agenda.ge|date=24 December 2016|archive-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730202603/http://agenda.ge/news/72349/eng|url-status=live}}
2017: Germany legalized cannabis for medical use.{{Cite web|url = https://www.thelocal.de/20170303/doctors-rejoice-as-germany-kicks-off-medical-marijuana-prescriptions|title = Doctors rejoice as Germany kicks off medical marijuana prescriptions|date = 3 March 2017|access-date = 30 December 2017|archive-date = 6 June 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210606111352/https://www.thelocal.de/20170303/doctors-rejoice-as-germany-kicks-off-medical-marijuana-prescriptions|url-status = live}}
2017: Cyprus legalized cannabis oil for advanced stage cancer patients.{{cite news|last1=Tharoor|first1=Avinash|title=Cyprus Set to Provide Cannabis Oil to Cancer Patients|url=http://www.talkingdrugs.org/cyprus-set-to-provide-cannabis-oil-to-cancer-patients|access-date=November 15, 2017|work=Talking Drugs|date=February 1, 2017|archive-date=December 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202053215/http://www.talkingdrugs.org/cyprus-set-to-provide-cannabis-oil-to-cancer-patients|url-status=live}}
2017: Belize decriminalized possession or use of 10 grams or less on private premises.{{cite news|title=Marijuana Decriminalization Legislation Passed By House|url=http://7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=42333|access-date=23 October 2017|work=7 News Belize|date=20 October 2017|archive-date=23 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023173840/http://7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=42333|url-status=live}}
2017: Greece legalized cannabis for medical use.{{cite news|last1=Revesz|first1=Rachael|title=Greece legalises marijuana for medical purposes|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greece-marijuana-legal-medical-cannabis-weed-law-passes-a7821771.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greece-marijuana-legal-medical-cannabis-weed-law-passes-a7821771.html |archive-date=2022-05-07 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=November 19, 2017|work=The Independent|date=July 3, 2017}}
2017: Peru legalized cannabis oil for medical use.{{Cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/medical-marijuana-legal-peru-parliament-politicians-south-america-cannabis-oil-a8012976.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/medical-marijuana-legal-peru-parliament-politicians-south-america-cannabis-oil-a8012976.html |archive-date=2022-05-07 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title = Medical marijuana is now legal in Peru|website = Independent.co.uk|date = 21 October 2017}}
2017: Luxembourg legalized cannabis for medical use.{{Cite web | url=https://www.lequotidien.lu/a-la-une/cannabis-medical-lexemple-de-lallemagne/ | title=Cannabis médical : l'Exemple de l'Allemagne | le Quotidien | access-date=2018-01-02 | archive-date=2018-01-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119201010/https://www.lequotidien.lu/a-la-une/cannabis-medical-lexemple-de-lallemagne/ | url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url = http://delano.lu/d/detail/news/cannabis-medicinal-purposes-pilot-project/160906|title = Cannabis for medicinal purposes pilot project - Delano - Luxembourg in English|date = 8 November 2017|access-date = 2 January 2018|archive-date = 31 March 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180331205841/http://delano.lu/d/detail/news/cannabis-medicinal-purposes-pilot-project/160906|url-status = live}}
2017: Lesotho legalized cannabis for medical use.{{Cite web | url=http://ewn.co.za/2017/09/18/sa-firm-gets-green-light-to-grow-marijuana-in-lesotho | title=SA firm gets green light to grow marijuana in Lesotho | access-date=2018-01-13 | archive-date=2017-12-31 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231014416/http://ewn.co.za/2017/09/18/sa-firm-gets-green-light-to-grow-marijuana-in-lesotho | url-status=live }}
2017: Georgia decriminalized cannabis.{{Cite web | url=http://www.jurist.org/paperchase/2017/12/republic-of-georgia-constitutional-court-decriminalizes-marijuana-usage.php | title=Republic of Georgia Constitutional Court decriminalizes marijuana usage | date=December 2017 | access-date=2017-12-30 | archive-date=2017-12-30 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230230410/http://www.jurist.org/paperchase/2017/12/republic-of-georgia-constitutional-court-decriminalizes-marijuana-usage.php | url-status=live }}
2017: Lithuania criminalized cannabis.{{Cite web|title=Lithuania|url=https://harmreductioneurasia.org/countries/lithuania/|access-date=2020-10-03|website=Eurasian Harm Reduction Association|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918195852/https://harmreductioneurasia.org/countries/lithuania/|url-status=live}}
2017: Spain legalized cannabis.{{Cite web |last=Baynes |first=Chris |date=30 June 2017 |title=Catalonia legalises marijuana consumption, cultivation and distribution |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/catalonia-marijuana-legalise-cannabis-consumption-distribution-spain-region-petition-a7816981.html |access-date=30 June 2017 |website=Independent |archive-date=29 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629163654/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/catalonia-marijuana-legalise-cannabis-consumption-distribution-spain-region-petition-a7816981.html |url-status=live }}
2018: Denmark legalized synthetic-cannabinoids for medical use.{{Cite web | url=https://www.jv.dk/kolding/Kolding-virksomhed-klar-med-foerste-parti-medicinsk-cannabis/artikel/2573851 | title=Kolding-virksomhed klar med første parti medicinsk cannabis| date=2 January 2018}}
2018: Malta legalized cannabis for medical use.{{Cite web | url=https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/85616/malta_has_officially_legalised_medical_cannabis | title=Malta has officially legalised medical cannabis | access-date=2018-04-08 | archive-date=2021-07-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701160703/https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/85616/malta_has_officially_legalised_medical_cannabis | url-status=live }}
2018: Portugal legalized cannabis for medical use.
2018: South Korea legalized cannabis for medical use.{{cite web |title=South Korea Legislature passes medical cannabis law, first in East Asia |url=https://mjbizdaily.com/breaking-south-korea-becomes-first-country-in-east-asia-to-legalize-medical-cannabis/ |website=MJ Biz Daily |date=26 November 2018 |access-date=November 26, 2018 |archive-date=8 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308143829/https://mjbizdaily.com/breaking-south-korea-becomes-first-country-in-east-asia-to-legalize-medical-cannabis/ |url-status=live }}
2018: Zimbabwe legalized cannabis for medical use.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/28/zimbabwe-legalises-marijuana-medical-scientific-use/|title=Zimbabwe legalises marijuana for medical and scientific use|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=28 April 2018|access-date=5 May 2018|archive-date=12 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812201656/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/28/zimbabwe-legalises-marijuana-medical-scientific-use/|url-status=live}}{{citation|title=Zimbabwe legalises marijuana for medicinal use|date=April 28, 2018|newspaper=The Independent |author=Alina Polianskaya|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/zimbabwe-legalises-marijuana-medicinal-scientific-use-africa-a8327191.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/zimbabwe-legalises-marijuana-medicinal-scientific-use-africa-a8327191.html |archive-date=2022-05-07 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}
2018: Canada legalized cannabis.{{Cite news|url=http://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/C-45/royal-assent|title=Government Bill (House of Commons) C-45 (42-1) - Royal Assent - Cannabis Act - Parliament of Canada|access-date=2018-09-18|language=en|archive-date=2018-09-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920040036/http://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/bill/C-45/royal-assent|url-status=live}}
2018: Thailand legalized cannabis for medical use.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/world/asia/thailand-medical-marijuana.html|title=Thailand to Allow Medical Marijuana, a First in Southeast Asia|last=Paddock|first=Richard C.|date=2018-12-26|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-21|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2019-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015015420/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/world/asia/thailand-medical-marijuana.html|url-status=live}}
2018: South Africa decriminalized cannabis.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45559954|title=South Africa legalises cannabis use|date=2018-09-18|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-09-18|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806231238/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45559954|url-status=live}}
2018: The United Kingdom legalized cannabis for medical use.
2018: The World Health Organization starts its first scientific assessment of cannabis for medical uses mandated under treaty law.{{Cite journal |last1=Riboulet-Zemouli |first1=Kenzi |last2=Krawitz |first2=Michael Alan |date=2022-01-01 |title=WHO's first scientific review of medicinal Cannabis: from global struggle to patient implications |url=https://doi.org/10.1108/DHS-11-2021-0060 |journal=Drugs, Habits and Social Policy |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=5–21 |doi=10.1108/DHS-11-2021-0060 |s2cid=247421561 |issn=2752-6747}}
2019: Ireland legalized cannabis for medical use.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/medicinal-cannabis-access-scheme-4697671-Jun2019/|title=Access to cannabis for medical reasons is now allowed in Ireland under new law|last=Finn|first=Christina|website=TheJournal.ie|date=26 June 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-13|archive-date=2019-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715035348/https://www.thejournal.ie/medicinal-cannabis-access-scheme-4697671-Jun2019/|url-status=live}}
2019: Israel decriminalized cannabis.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/partial-decriminalization-of-public-cannabis-use-to-come-into-effect/|title=Partial decriminalization of public cannabis use takes effect Sunday night|last=staff|first=T. O. I.|website=www.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-13|archive-date=2019-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609200544/https://www.timesofisrael.com/partial-decriminalization-of-public-cannabis-use-to-come-into-effect/|url-status=live}}
2019: Trinidad and Tobago decriminalized cannabis allowing up to 30 grams per individual and cultivation of four plants per household.
2020: Australian Capital Territory legalized cannabis possession and growth for personal use.{{Cite web|url=https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/cannabis-possession-now-legal-in-act-c-673471|title=Everything you need to know about new laws allowing Canberrans to possess and grow cannabis|date=2020-01-31|website=7NEWS.com.au|language=en|access-date=2020-02-01|archive-date=2020-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200201033341/https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/cannabis-possession-now-legal-in-act-c-673471|url-status=live}}
2020: Malawi legalized cannabis for medical use.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/28/malawi-legalises-cannabis-amid-hopes-of-fresh-economic-growth|title=Malawi legalises cannabis amid hopes of fresh economic growth|date=2020-02-28|website=Guardian.com|language=en|access-date=2020-07-18|archive-date=2020-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228232125/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/feb/28/malawi-legalises-cannabis-amid-hopes-of-fresh-economic-growth|url-status=live}}
2020: Lebanon legalized cannabis for medical use.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-cannabis/lebanon-legalizes-cannabis-farming-for-medicinal-use-idUSKCN2232YI|title=Lebanon legalizes cannabis farming for medicinal use|date=2020-04-21|website=reuters.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-11|archive-date=2020-04-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425140244/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-cannabis/lebanon-legalizes-cannabis-farming-for-medicinal-use-idUSKCN2232YI|url-status=live}}
2020: United Nations partially deschedules cannabis by removing it from most restrictive substances list.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-02|title=UN commission reclassifies cannabis, yet still considered harmful|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/12/1079132|access-date=2021-01-09|website=UN News|language=en|archive-date=2021-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107103046/https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/12/1079132|url-status=live}}
2021: Mexico officially decriminalizes adult use of cannabis, after years of de facto decriminalization.{{Cite news|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57645016|title = Mexico marijuana: Top court decriminalises recreational use of cannabis|work = BBC News|date = 28 June 2021|access-date = 10 September 2021|archive-date = 1 September 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210901153623/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-57645016|url-status = live}}
2021: Rwanda legalizes cannabis for medical use.{{Cite news|url = https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/rwanda-legalises-medical-use-of-cannabis--3456728|title = Rwanda legalises medical use of Cannabis|work = The East African|date = 1 July 2021|access-date = 10 September 2021|archive-date = 16 August 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210816214418/https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/rwanda-legalises-medical-use-of-cannabis--3456728|url-status = live}}
2021: Malta legalized cannabis.{{Cite web|last=Jaeger|first=Kyle|date=2021-12-18|title=Malta Officially Legalizes Marijuana With President's Signature, Becoming First In Europe To End Cannabis Prohibition|url=https://www.marijuanamoment.net/malta-officially-legalizes-marijuana-with-presidents-signature-becoming-first-in-europe-to-end-cannabis-prohibition/|access-date=2021-12-20|website=Marijuana Moment|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-12-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218204524/https://www.marijuanamoment.net/malta-officially-legalizes-marijuana-with-presidents-signature-becoming-first-in-europe-to-end-cannabis-prohibition/|url-status=live}}
2022: Thailand legalized cannabis.{{cite news|publisher=Associated Press|via=ABC News|title=Thailand first in Asia to move to decriminalize marijuana: Thailand has become the first country in Asia to approve the de facto decriminalization of marijuana|author=CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL|date=January 25, 2022|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/thailand-asia-move-decriminalize-marijuana-82458865|access-date=April 26, 2022|archive-date=April 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426000537/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/thailand-asia-move-decriminalize-marijuana-82458865|url-status=live}}
2023: Luxembourg legalized cannabis.{{Cite web |title=luxembourg-legalizes-cannabis-for-personal-use | website=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dariosabaghi/2023/06/29/luxembourg-legalizes-cannabis-for-personal-use/?sh=6d95bf6c1ce8}}
2023: Switzerland legalized cannabis on trial basis.{{Cite web |title=Switzerland legalized cannabis on trial basis. CNBC |website=CNBC |date=23 March 2023 |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/23/zurich-to-legalize-consumption-and-sale-of-cannabis-on-trial-basis.html}}
2023: Ukraine legalized cannabis for medical use.{{Cite web |title=Ukraine Legalized Cannabis For Medical use | website=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dariosabaghi/2023/12/21/ukraine-legalizes-medical-cannabis-amid-war-with-russia/?sh=61a4ec1d1695}}
2024: Germany legalized cannabis.{{Cite web |title=Germany's Bundestag votes for cannabis legalization – DW – 02/23/2024 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-bundestag-votes-for-cannabis-legalization/live-68348345 |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=dw.com |language=en}}

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External links

[https://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_timeline.php Cannabis general timeline]. Erowid.org

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