The presidential order in the United States of America facilitating medical and investigational use of psychoactive plant cannabis would have gratified Sir W.B. Countries got together, often led by the US, and built international collaborative legal frameworks to control narcotic and psychoactive substances of which cannabis provides the largest share. Already Canada, the European Union, and some American states have legalised medical marijuana. Arguing that personal substance usages are not crime but preventable health problems, they have also decriminalised substance use. ADVERTISEMENTPortugal decriminalised the use of narcotic substances in 2001 and has reported positive results in many metrics, including spending less on policing and more on health.

Source: The Telegraph February 27, 2026 02:14 UTC