Italy Blazes a Trail for Legal European Weed

Europe has always been an unlikely advocate for pot reform — despite its liberal platforms toward social aid and welfare, most nations still hold surprisingly conservative views toward drugs and immigration. Globally, only one country — South America’s Uruguay — has permitted completeweed production and use, and a handful of others has allowed mere possession. Yet there’s reason to believe that the “forest of chestnuts” and “orchards of fruit trees” that Ernest Hemingway romantically described as the Italian front in A Farewell to Arms could become the fertile soil for the first fully legal green stuff in the Western world.

In July, 250 Italian lawmakers gave support to a heady proposal that would decriminalize every part of marijuana use, from production to consumption. The proposed legislation would let adults grow up to five plants in their homes and form cannabis clubs with up to 50 people growing as many as 250...

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