The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau has announced that the country will legalise the consumption and cultivation of cannabis from October this year.
The two houses of parliament voted this week to legalise the drug for recreational use, which means that Canada will be the first G7 country to legalise cannabis and only the second one to do so by following Uruguay.
The country’s Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor:
“This historic legislation will end prohibition and replace it with a sensible, responsible and equitable cannabis policy”.