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14-04-2023, 09:29 AM
UPDATED APR 13, 2023, 7:23 PM SGT
FRANKFURT - Germany has scrapped plans to allow the widespread sale of cannabis in licensed stores for the time being following European Union concerns
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Berlin had announced in October proposals to introduce some of Europe’s most liberal cannabis laws.
But on Wednesday, the coalition government unveiled a watered-down, two-stage plan that would still allow adults to possess cannabis in small amounts, but not its sale in stores nationwide.
While the details may have changed, the “original goals” have not, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach told a press conference, listing them as “safer consumption, tackling the black market, protecting young people”.
The first stage of the new plan would permit the establishment of “cannabis clubs”, non-profit groups of up to 500 members allowed to cultivate the drug for personal use.
Members will be allowed to possess up to 25g of cannabis and grow up to three plants each.
Minors will still be prohibited from consuming the drug.
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Legalisation of cannabis was one of the flagship policies agreed by Germany’s coalition partners – the Social Democrats, Greens and the liberal Free Democratic Party – when they formed a government in late 2021.
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“Drug legalisation is simply the wrong way to go. Karl Lauterbach, as minister of health, seriously proposes the establishment of drug clubs.
“This does not solve problems, but creates new ones.”
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europ...20approval.
FRANKFURT - Germany has scrapped plans to allow the widespread sale of cannabis in licensed stores for the time being following European Union concerns
......
Berlin had announced in October proposals to introduce some of Europe’s most liberal cannabis laws.
But on Wednesday, the coalition government unveiled a watered-down, two-stage plan that would still allow adults to possess cannabis in small amounts, but not its sale in stores nationwide.
While the details may have changed, the “original goals” have not, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach told a press conference, listing them as “safer consumption, tackling the black market, protecting young people”.
The first stage of the new plan would permit the establishment of “cannabis clubs”, non-profit groups of up to 500 members allowed to cultivate the drug for personal use.
Members will be allowed to possess up to 25g of cannabis and grow up to three plants each.
Minors will still be prohibited from consuming the drug.
......
Legalisation of cannabis was one of the flagship policies agreed by Germany’s coalition partners – the Social Democrats, Greens and the liberal Free Democratic Party – when they formed a government in late 2021.
......
“Drug legalisation is simply the wrong way to go. Karl Lauterbach, as minister of health, seriously proposes the establishment of drug clubs.
“This does not solve problems, but creates new ones.”
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europ...20approval.
