Nitpick: federal only applies to countries like the US or Germany, which are federations, I think the term you were looking for is national. As to your other c

Nitpick: federal only applies to countries like the US or Germany, which are federations, I think the term you were looking for is national. As to your other claim I'm not so sure I agree with you: Italy has decriminalized all drug use a long time ago, but legalization of cannabis seems at least a decade away. In the current political climate it's ok to say that addicts should not be jailed, but there is still a lot of moral panic around distribution.