DETROIT – It seems as if during the past couple of years we have entered the wave towards the legalization of marijuana throughout the world has kicked off. And although we’d very much like to think that soon this plant will be fully legal in several more countries, we have to face the fact that these procedures tend to take longer to be applied.
However, this still doesn’t deny the other fact that marijuana is indeed becoming widely more accepted all around the globe, and that soon, perhaps not as soon as we’d like but still, soon, marijuana will become legal in a whole new wave of countries. It’s just, finally, this plant has achieved to get rid of the dusty-old and non-founded judgments that it was so often associated with in the old days.
Now, it’s interesting to point out how some regions have a more willful tendency towards accepting marijuana use than others, and how most likely it will be the countries within these regions to take the step towards legal cannabis sooner than others. One great example of this is South America.
As you may or may not be aware of, marijuana is fully, one hundred percent legal, for both medical and recreational purposes in the South American country of Uruguay, which, interesting fact, was the first country in the entire world to ever legalize the use of the plant for recreational purposes.
However, the legalization of cannabis in Uruguay took place way before cannabis became as popular as it is today, almost ten years ago, in 2013.
But now that indeed everyone seems to be talking about marijuana and embracing its magic, more and more South American countries started showing their affinity for the plant.
Other countries such as Argentina and Chile for instance, have also approved the legal use of the plant but for medical purposes, and almost every other country in the region has already turned on the engines and began debating their way towards legal weed as well.
It just makes sense for these communities to legalize such markets given the role that cannabis in South American culture represents. These places are well known for their overly friendliness, their warm-hearted people, and their strong relation to music and arts. And guess what’s a great combo for these features?
If you guessed marijuana you sure guessed right. In fact, it’s almost easier to spot a stoner in these countries rather than a non-smoker, so turning the cannabis market into a legal one would just make sense, and it could even help boost the economy of these countries, which sadly is known for not being the biggest strength of the region.
Let’s wait and see how these weed-friendly spots pull off cannabis legalization when the time arrives, and hope for the best, of course.
