The new law will allow adults to carry up to 25 grams of cannabis for their own consumption and store up to 50 grams at home. It is now slated to come into effect on April 1.
Good for them. It's time to end this war that has hurt minorities for so long. The reason it started to begin with was to be racist against black people in the United States with Harry Anslinger.
No. In fact if you look at the list of countries that banned cannabis, the US sits pretty much in the middle of the list and after the US ban went in place in 1937, prohibition in other countries actually kind of slowed down till 1950.
So no idea where you're getting this but you're vastly overestimating US influence on this issue.