Health Minister Lauterbach presents the new traffic light plans for cannabis legalization. First details are already known.
The long wait Cannabis-proponent has an end. Today the traffic light coalition wants the revised ones plans publish for the release of the intoxicant. According to various media reports, the regulation includes new proposals on home use, cultivation and cannabis clubs. The exact details are to be presented today in Berlin at 11:30 a.m. by Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) and Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir (Greens).
Lauterbach already had initial plans for that a year ago Cannabis clearance presented in Germany, for which he was heavily criticized. “The legalization of cannabis: it’s coming,” Lauterbach commented on the announcement of the plans on Twitter. However, the legalization will probably be much less far-reaching than in the original plans.
Cannabis legalization: 25 grams of personal use and three plants grown by yourself
Some vertices of the new proposal have already been leaked but have not yet been officially confirmed. This Details have hit the media so far. An overview:
- 25 Gramm own use instead of 30 grams: In the future, possession of up to 25 grams should only be allowed for the own consumption (“pleasure cannabis”) remain unpunished. This was reported by the editorial network Germany (RND).
- homegrown: Here are said to be three female flowering Plant allowed per person of legal age. In the original draft, too, there were three plants grown by the family.
- sale: Originally, the drug was supposed to be sold in licensed specialty shops, so-called Cannabis-Shops, may be sold. Pharmacies might also have been able to sell to over 18-year-olds. This plan appears to have been scrapped, as has the plan for a “government-controlled supply chain” from cultivation to sale
- According to media reports, controlled delivery in licensed shops should only take place in scientifically monitored regional areas model projects give.
As a possible intermediate step to the open sale, so-called Cannabis-Social-Clubs discussed. In such associations, members could supply themselves with cannabis products from their own cultivation. The SPD board supports such a regulation.
According to dpa information, a maximum of 25 grams at a time and a maximum of 50 grams per month could be given to club members. Non-members cannot Cannabis receive.
Reactions to traffic light plans: “A belated Easter egg is in the hemp nest!”
Specialist politicians of traffic light coalition are excited about the movement in cannabis legalization. “There’s a belated Easter egg in the hemp nest!” Green health politician Kirsten Kappert-Gonther commented on Twitter. “Finally,” wrote the drug policy spokeswoman for the FDP parliamentary group, Kristine Lütke. She was “very excited”.
Still in coalition agreement The Greens, SPD and FDP had set the “controlled sale” of cannabis to adults in licensed specialist shops as their goal. Karl Lauterbach submitted corresponding proposals last October.
Die legalization is considered legally difficult. In this way, it could violate applicable international and EU law or at least be slowed down by it. (dpa/os)
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