A total of 750 people have joined cannabis associations in their first month of operation, the Reforms Parliamentary Secretary said.
Three legal cannabis clubs have each started distributing the drug to 250 members since the end of January, and so far, the data shows all members had previously used cannabis, Rebecca Buttigieg said during a press briefing.
This is a hopeful sign that the new law is primarily giving safer options to existing users and has not created new users, Buttigieg said, adding that this was the aim of the law in the first place.
"This law was a professional approach toward a trend that was developing," she said.
"It was never meant to create a new economic sector, and the associations are non-profit. But it allows people to use the drug safely and within the parameters of the law."