Malta has become the first EU country to legalize the cultivation and personal use of cannabis.
Adults will be allowed to carry up to seven grams of cannabis and grow no more than four plants at home.
But smoking it in public or in front of children will be illegal.
Several other nations have similar plans, such as Germany, Luxembourg, and Switzerland,
and countries like the Netherlands tolerate cannabis use in certain circumstances.
But the reform has opponents, who have called on Malta’s president, George Vella,
not to sign it into law – tap the link in our bio to read about this final, ceremonial stage.