Talk:Legality of cannabis

Correcting legal status for Bolivia (and possibly others)

The legal status of Cannabis in Bolivia that is shown in the table and image on the current revision is wrong. There is no permitted quantity, possession of one gram is 10-25 years in jail. The entry hasn't had a citation since it was first changed from "Illegal" on the now-merged Legality of cannabis by country article. I'm just correcting it in the table now and might correct a few more unsourced entries while I'm at it. I'll link the edits back to this discussion. TimofKingsland (talk) 04:37, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Good catch on Bolivia and I cannot find any solid confirmation that cannabis is decriminalized in Argentina either. There was a court ruling in 2009 but the impact seems to be limited. I have updated the map.--Jamesy0627144 (talk) 03:57, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Germany must be updated

They legalized today. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68378807 Lene Johansen (talk) 15:44, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

I already updated the page but I can't update the maps as wikimedia won't let me. Homercat1234 (talk) 15:47, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

I went ahead and updated it since I don't think it requires any signature from the leader of Germany or any other body of the legislature to pass it. Pretty sure about that but if I'm wrong can just revert back.--Jamesy0627144 (talk) 21:38, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

I have reverted the map files for now, because the law is not yet in force (it will take effect on 1 April 2024). 1857a (talk) 01:50, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

I know that the law is not in effect. But, as a Cannabis watcher, I remember that whenever a US state legalizes Cannabis the map is updated as soon as the law is approved. Since, in this case, the law will go into effect on April 1 it is proper to update the map now. I checked some old talk pages and it appears that this has been the policy since at least 2018 as far as I can tell. Therefore, I disagree with the reversion and support restoring the changes. Homercat1234 (talk) 03:40, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Ohio and nearly every jurisdiction I've seen for a while has been updated on the map when the law passed rather than when the law came into effect. Not sure why it would be different for Germany (or Luxembourg and Ukraine, previously) I disagree with the reversion and support restoring changes to the two maps. Kawashika (talk) 05:33, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Can we just revert the map? I feel like there has been enough time. Homercat1234 (talk) 15:45, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

U.S. Indian reservations

2.3 percent of the land in the United States and over 1 million people are in Federally recognized Indian reservations. But their status is not mentioned in the last lede paragraph, which only mentions states or territories and Washington D.C. This should probably be corrected. Several reservations but not all have legalized cannabis, as shown in Legality of cannabis by U.S. jurisdiction#By tribal nation. ☆ Bri (talk) 22:19, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

We don't even really know how many tribes have legalized though, aside from the fact that is probably not a very large number, out of hundreds of tribes. It could maybe say "some" have legalized in that paragraph, and then you would also have to add the same thing to paragraph above it. Personally I would leave it out though as it seems like too minor of detail worth mentioning twice in the lead, when the best we could probably say about it is that "some" have legalized. I do see that the U.S. table entry mentions Indian reservations though and maybe that could be expanded to say that some have legalized, not just that they are allowed to.--Jamesy0627144 (talk) 01:31, 24 February 2024 (UTC)--Jamesy0627144 (talk) 01:31, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

I've added a link to Cannabis on American Indian reservations in the U.S. section. We could mention how many tribal nations have legalised cannabis in the U.S. section although I've struggled to find a reliable source that explicitly states (i.e. complying with WP:SYNTH) that six have done so, as indicated by Legality of cannabis by U.S. jurisdiction#By tribal nation. Helper201 (talk) 19:27, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Cannabis is NOT legal in Germany

It is clearly illegal to own, grow or trade cannabis in Germany: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/kcang/__2.html

It is only legal to own 25g for personal consumption, 50g at home, and to grow up to 3 plants https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/kcang/__3.html

Notice that it is only legal to consume it for yourself. If someone owns 20g and plans to smoke 0,2g together with a friend, the possession of the whole 20g becomes illegal before cannabis is even shared. If you subsequently consume the cannabis together with a friend, you commit a crime, which is theoretical punishable by up to 3 years in prison: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/kcang/__34.html.

Plus, there is no way to legally buy cannabis. 2A02:908:E855:AA00:B92C:3E25:926D:93CC (talk) 10:04, 27 April 2024 (UTC)