20 Countries Where People Buy the Most Marijuana

Changes to Mexico’s cannabis laws in 2021 allowed for regulation of therapeutic and pharmacology uses of cannabis. In 2019, research and public opinion firm Consulta Mitofsky revealed that 58% of Mexicans surveyed accepted cannabis legalization. While technically cannabis is legal in Mexico following a Supreme Court decision that prohibition is unconstitutional, Mexico’s Congress has yet to pass a full legalization law.

Norway has not legalized recreational cannabis, though possession of less than 15 grams is usually punished with a fine, according to NORML Norway. “Since 2018, the Norwegian Medicines Agency allows doctors approved by the agency to prescribe medical cannabis for patients on a case-by-case basis,” according to The Cannigma.

Recreational cannabis is not legal in Belgium, but enforcement is generally considered lax, according to The Cannigma. The site further states that possession of up to 3 grams by those over 18 is punishable by a fine. There are cannabis social clubs that use loopholes to operate, similar to cannabis clubs in Spain. Calls to fully legalize and regulate cannabis have been increasing in Belgium. The Western European country legalized medical marijuana in 2015. Belgium has a limited medical cannabis program that recognizes Sativex and CBD.

It is illegal to import, export, sell, purchase, deliver, receive, produce, and process cannabis in Denmark. The laws on recreational use of cannabis in Denmark are a bit vague. Personal use of the substance is not illegal, but following passage of the Consolidated Act on Controlled Substances in 2016, possession of cannabis in Denmark became illegal, according to Sensi Seed.

In January 2018, the Danish Medicines Agency established Denmark’s first medicinal cannabis program. This granted 12 companies the right to distribute herbal cannabis in Denmark, Sensi Seed notes. These companies are allowed to produce and dispense cannabis to approved doctors and pharmacies throughout the country.

Strict laws prohibiting narcotics were introduced in Türkiye in the 1970s. That changed somewhat in 2019, when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a renewal of industrial hemp cultivation, citing its many benefits. About one-fourth of the nation’s 81 provinces allow marijuana to be cultivated for medicinal and scientific purposes. The guidelines regarding cultivation in Türkiye are strict.