It's now legal to grow and smoke cannabis for personal use in the ACT

ACT has become the first jurisdiction in Australia to legalise the personal use of cannabis after the new laws came into effect on Friday.

ACT has legalised the personal use of cannabis after the new laws came into effect on Friday. Source: Wikimedia

For IT worker Evan*, his method of unwinding after work has been illegal up until now.

The Canberran public servant and has been using cannabis recreationally for the last few years. 

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