What was the secret of the pink light in the sky in Australia?
The locals felt as if the world was about to end
Seeing a pink light in the sky on Wednesday evening in a town in Australia, local people thought that the apocalypse might have come.
According to the British Broadcasting Corporation, the woman, Tammy Somowski, said that I was just being a calm mother and telling the children that there was nothing to worry about, but inside I was terrified of what was happening.
Another woman said she felt like the world was going to end, but despite her initial trepidation, she was impressed by the beauty of the light show and loved the sight, it should be done more often.
Secret form exposed
It was actually a light coming from a hemp farm outside the northern Victorian town of Mildura, but the locals' minds initially wandered elsewhere.
Red lights are used to aid crop growth. Blackout blinds usually come down in the evening.
Medicinal cannabis was legalized in Australia in 2016, but recreational use is banned, with thousands of prescriptions approved by Australian regulators for various ailments.
According to Australian Department of Health data, the most common reasons for prescriptions were chronic pain, anxiety and sleep disorders, with the number of approved prescriptions doubling since 2019, ''with the majority of applications coming from the state of Queensland.''
In 2018-19, 71,151 people were prosecuted for marijuana-related offences.
The number of countries legalizing the use of marijuana in some form has steadily increased.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 38 states in the United States have legalized the use of medical marijuana, and in 2019, about 48 million people in the United States used the drug.
The drug is available for people with certain medical conditions in several EU countries, including France, Belgium and Ireland, as well as in New Zealand, recreational use of cannabis is also legal in Canada and some countries.