MS Patient's War for Weed Wins Croatia a Legal High
When Huanito Luksetic was arrested for growing marijuana to help him cope with multiple sclerosis, he could not have known his struggle would eventually pave the way for Croatia to legalise cannabis for medical use.
“I knew it would happen eventually,” says Luksetic, recalling the day in October 2014 when police burst into his home near Rijeka on the northern Adriatic coast, seizing some 20 kilos (44 pounds) of marijuana.
“When they knocked on my door, it was a kind of relief,” he admits.
Released on bail soon after his arrest, he is now on trial for marijuana production and sale, although he was growing it for personal medical use only. If found guilty, he faces up to 12 years in jail.
His case raised intense media interest from the start and triggered the October 2015 decision to legalise the sale of cannabis-derived products for medical purposes, with the medicines...
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