North Korea

Yes, really. North Korea is in fact very liberal in its approach to cannabis – it’s perfectly legal to buy and smoke weed in public and private. “Cannabis grows wildly in North Korea and has even been sold abroad by government agencies as a way to earn foreign currency,” said Sokeel Park, director of research and strategy at Liberty In North Korea in an interview with Huffington Post.

“Marijuana, which is known as ‘yoksam’ in North Korea, is not prioritized by the government and is therefore not treated as an illegal drug.”