The Long Road Towards Legalization
How long until medical cannabis is legalized in the Balkans
The use of cannabis for medical purposes is currently legal in 21 countries, one of the recent additions being North Macedonia.
Nedim — a person with psoriatic arthritis from Bosnia and Herzegovina — reveals that he needs 400 to 600 euros for his monthly supply of cannabidiol oil that he gets on the black market.
Jovana Georgievski
Jovana Georgievski is a Belgrade-based journalist at Vreme Weekly. Her areas of interest are migration, and Balkan narratives and their reflection on culture and everyday life. She is a Belgrade Open School alumna and speaks Russian and English.
This story was originally written in Serbian.