Malta Considers Safe Cannabis Consumption Places, New Legal Forms Of Marijuana And Bans HHC Products
Malta’s cannabis authority is considering establishing places where people can consume cannabis. Under the current law, cannabis use is only allowed in private, which makes it complicated for people with children, because the law doesn’t allow smoking near minors. Other challenges include neighbors who don’t like the smell of weed, leaving cannabis users with not many choice.
That’s why the Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis (ARUC) is considering on-site consumption options and analyzing how it can be done properly.
“Are we offering a safe space where people can consume cannabis? On-site smoking would offer these people a safe and viable option, away from minors, public places and other people who are bothered by the odor,” Joey Reno Vella, CEO of ARUC, told Times of Malta in a recent interview.
“But thorough consultations with stakeholders must precede implementation, and we cannot open these places just anywhere. Planning law, for instance, stipulates that associations are built at least 250 meters away from schools, sports facilities and childcare centers.”
The on-site consumption consideration comes some three years after Malta became the first country in Europe to legalize cannabis, which Vella recently praised as a successful reform. “The country’s harm reduction approach is working,” he previously said.
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