"In countries and states where marijuana has been decriminalized or legalized for medical use - but not yet for commercial sales - it is not uncommon for providers to sell an otherwise unrelated item of some kind, so that the cannabis may be 'given away' as a 'gift.'"

 

States where legal recreational marijuana has been approved:

 

• Colorado

• Washington

• Alaska

• Oregon

• Washington, D.C.

• California

• Maine

• Massachusetts

• Nevada

• Michigan

• Vermont

• Guam

• Illinois

• Arizona

• Montana

• New Jersey

• New York

• Virginia

• New Mexico

• Connecticut

• Rhode Island

• Maryland

• Missouri

• Delaware

• Minnesota

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States where cannabis is not yet legal for recreational retail but has been decriminalized and/or legalized for medicinal use:

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• Alabama

• Arkansas

• Florida

• Hawaii

• Kentucky

• Louisiana

• Mississippi

• New Hampshire

• North Dakota

• Ohio

• Oklahoma

• Pennsylvania

• South Dakota

• Utah

• West Virginia

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Countries with legalized recreational cannabis

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 Uruguay December 2013

 Georgia 30 July 2018

 South Africa 18 September 2018

 Canada 17 October 2018

 Mexico 28 June 2021

 Malta 14 December 2021

 Thailand 9 June 2022

 Luxembourg 21 July 2023 

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Countries where cannabis is not yet legal for recreational retail but has been decriminalized and/or legalized for medicinal use:

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Albania

Antigua

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belgium

Belize

Bermuda

Bolivia

Cambodia

Chile

Columbia

Costa Rica

Croatia

Czech Republic

Ecudor

Egypt

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Lebanon

Luxemburg

Malawi

Malta

Mexico

Morocco

Netherlands

New Zealand

North Macedonia

Norway

Panama

Peru

Poland

Portugal

Rowanda

Saint Kitts

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent & Grenadine Islands

San Morino

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Thailand

United Kingdom

United States

Zambia

Zimbabwe

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