European Journal of Public Health, Volume 29, Issue 3, June 2019, Pages 390–391, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz061
Published:
23 May 2019
A view of what has happened on the local scene in Malta regarding Marijuana (or Cannabis) use over recent years is rather confusing and rather unsettling. To state that the laws and restrictions regulating Cannabis use for recreational purposes have not worked is to state the obvious. The biggest problem created by this traditionally restrictive view was the arresting, indictment and even imprisonment of users over the years and their subsequent loss of a clean police record. We have not seen much evidence of major harm or long-term ill effects from its recreational use and clearly many have flouted the law and used it with impunity for many years….
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