What Australia got right about cannabis in 2015 and very, very wrong

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2015 was a big year for weed in Australia, with medicinal use and bizarre sloth-starring anti-drug campaigns taking centre stage.

If you didn't know, cannabis still stands as the most widely used drug in the country, with 35% of Australians over the age of 14 reporting they had consumed it at least once, according to theAustralian National Drugs Strategy Household Survey in 2013, but that doesn't mean it's anywhere near legal.

Australia is still pretty strict on lighting up joints for personal use. Currently, the use, sale, growth and possession of cannabis is illegal across Australia, but is decriminalised for minor offences in South Australia, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.

Over in the U.S., legalising weed for recreational purposes has dominated the conversation, but Australia's populace still appears to not be too keen, with 56.8% saying such use should remain illegal. That is compared to...

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