{"id":34024,"date":"2022-04-07T12:41:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T10:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=34024"},"modified":"2022-04-07T12:46:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T10:46:07","slug":"rama-we-will-legalize-the-cultivation-of-medical-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/rama-we-will-legalize-the-cultivation-of-medical-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Rama: We will legalize the cultivation of medical marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albania will legalize the cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes, declared PM Edi Rama on Thursday after revealing the results of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/keshillimikombetar.al\/\">National Consultation survey<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>61% or over 309,000 out of some 500,00 respondents said \u2018yes\u2019 to legalizing medical marijuana, and 29% said \u2018no\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>That would see the decriminalization of cultivating, processing, and state-controlled export of cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>The survey was conducted online and on paper form from 19 January to 31 March.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister hailed the government initiative as a \u2018major achievement\u2019 in getting the citizens\u2019 opinion on crucial issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe concluded the National Consultation with a figure that exceeded our expectations, with over half a million respondents. 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That would see the decriminalization of cultivating, processing, and state-controlled export [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":34025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[270,331,345,150,151,1166,1167],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rama: We will legalize the cultivation of medical marijuana - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/rama-we-will-legalize-the-cultivation-of-medical-marijuana\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rama: We will legalize the cultivation of medical marijuana - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Albania will legalize the cultivation of marijuana for medical purposes, declared PM Edi Rama on Thursday after revealing the results of the National Consultation survey. 61% or over 309,000 out of some 500,00 respondents said \u2018yes\u2019 to legalizing medical marijuana, and 29% said \u2018no\u2019. 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