The hard-line boss of Germany’s coronavirus lockdown has successfully pushed through his cannabis legalization project over the objections of political opponents, doctors and police.
Possession of cannabis became legal in Germany on Monday. This is the first of several legal relaxations following a years-long campaign by left-wing coronavirus lockdown supremacist Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach.
The changes will allow people to carry 25 grams (~7 ounces) of cannabis for personal use and 50 grams (~1 3/4 ounces) at home starting midnight Monday. will be done. Individuals are also allowed to own three plants for self-cultivation.
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BERLIN, GERMANY – APRIL 1: Cannabis enthusiasts legally smoke a joint at the Brandenburg Gate on April 1, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. Germany’s new cannabis law comes into effect today, ushering in a new era of legal cannabis consumption. Cannabis social clubs will also be allowed to grow their own cannabis from later this year. (Photo by Michele Tantusi/Getty Images)
However, there are restrictions for children, and even those under 18 can be charged with possession. Cannabis “clubs” (cultivation associations with fewer than 500 members) are set to be legalized in July to facilitate the distribution of the drug. Smoking cannabis is prohibited within 100 meters of schools, daycare centres, playgrounds, sports fields and pedestrian streets during the day. report german broadsheet newspaper die welt.
as statedIn the city center, there is actually little space left to smoke cannabis in public, given the 100 meter exclusion zone around pedestrian streets and schools and daycare centres, but this situation changes as you move toward the suburbs.
The law would apply retrospectively, meaning people previously convicted of marijuana possession would be subject to “unacceptable” sentencing provisions.a It was pointed out in the February report. “Specifically, this means that all prisoners involved must be released and the enforcement of fines must be suspended by the April 1, 2024 deadline,” the government statement said.
Of course, as in many European and Western countries, the possession of small amounts of cannabis for personal use has been de facto decriminalized for years, and this law change now means that possession of small amounts of cannabis for personal use is now legal. The number of cases in which individuals are imprisoned for possession has decreased because possession of cannabis for legal purposes is now permitted. You may not have served any time in prison and may have paid smaller fines for other crimes. Werth announced over the weekend that the Hamburg public prosecutor’s office had investigated 3,500 cases in which cannabis was a factor, and determined that 650 needed further investigation and were ultimately eligible for an exemption or reduction in their sentences. He pointed out that only 55 people had been identified.
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BERLIN, GERMANY – APRIL 1: Cannabis enthusiasts legally smoke a joint at the Brandenburg Gate on April 1, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. Germany’s new cannabis law comes into effect today, ushering in a new era of legal cannabis consumption. Cannabis social clubs will also be allowed to grow their own cannabis from later this year. (Photo by Michele Tantussi/Getty Images)
Germany is a federal state, and not all member states are equally excited about Lauterbach’s push to decriminalize cannabis, with some conservative states postponing the legalization date indefinitely. They are making a last-minute push to do so.as I got it. According to Euractiv in mid-March, Mr. Lauterbach is fighting to keep his bill from being submitted to the Bundesrat, the upper house of parliament, and the bill could be debated until after the next election, effectively killing it. expensive.
But Mr. Lauterbach won that battle, denying the states the oversight they wanted over federal law. Explaining his tough push, the left-wing politician said at the time that allowing the state to interfere with his campaign would be “losing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reform failed cannabis policy.” Lauterbach has said he wants to legalize the drug on the black market, where impure products can be sold.
This law reform is opposed not only by the state but also by some medical associations and police groups, citing mental health risks. Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s globalist centre-right conservative party CDU, once led by German political titan Angela Merkel, said he would immediately implement Lauterbach’s cannabis law if his party returned to power. He said it would be abolished.
Cannabis fans gathered in central Berlin early Monday morning to celebrate the legalization of their addiction. Dozens of people smoked cigarettes and danced to reggae music amid giant novelty pills, giant cannabis leaves and a man dressed as Jesus Christ.
BERLIN, GERMANY – APRIL 1: Cannabis enthusiasts legally smoke a joint at the Brandenburg Gate on April 1, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. Germany’s new cannabis law comes into effect today, ushering in a new era of legal cannabis consumption. Cannabis social clubs will also be allowed to grow their own cannabis from later this year. (Photo by Michele Tantussi/Getty Images)
Berlin, April 1, 2024: A person smokes cannabis on the Warschauer Bridge in Friedrichshain, Berlin. From April 1, adults over the age of 18 will be allowed to possess 25 grams of cannabis in public places. Up to 50 grams of home-grown cannabis is allowed on private land. Three plants can be grown privately. Co-op cannabis clubs will be allowed on July 1st. Photo: Fabian Sommer/dpa (Photo by Fabian Sommer/picture Alliance via Getty Images)
