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Luxembourg to legalize marijuana

By Jerry Brownstein
5 Feb 2020 23 Share
Luxembourg has called on its EU neighbours to relax their drug laws as it confirmed plans to become the first European country to legalise cannabis production and consumption. Health Minister Etienne Schneider declared, “The drug policy that we have had over the past 50 years did not work. Forbidding everything just made it more interesting to young people, so we are instituting a more open-minded attitude toward drugs.” A government coalition agreement between the Liberals, Social Democrats and Green parties provides for full legalization by 2024. Luxembourg had already legalised the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, and possession of small amounts for recreational use had also been decriminalised, but its purchase, sale and production remains illegal.

Under the new laws, residents over the age of 18 will be able to buy marijuana for recreational use legally, and the state will regulate production and distribution through a cannabis agency. The legislation is likely to include a ban on non-residents buying marijuana in order to dissuade drug-tourism. Luxembourg will join Canada, Uruguay and 13 US states that have made marijuana completely legal (actually 32 of the 50 US states are either totally legal or have very liberal laws for recreational use). The new laws will follow the Canadian model of legalising the possession of up to 30 grams of cannabis. Tax revenues from the sale of marijuana will be reinvested in drug education and addiction treatment programmes.

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