Germany to legalize cannabis use for recreational purposes

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Germany set out plans on Wednesday to legalise cannabis, a move Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government said would make Germany one of the first countries in Europe to do so.

Health Minister Karl Lauterbach presented a cornerstone paper on planned legislation to regulate the controlled distribution and consumption of cannabis for recreational purposes among adults.

Acquiring and possessing 20 to 30 grams of recreational cannabis for personal consumption would also be made legal.

The coalition government struck an agreement last year to introduce legislation during its four-year term to allow the controlled distribution of cannabis in licensed shops.

Lauterbach did not give a timeline for the plan.

Many countries of the region have already legalised cannabis for limited medicinal purposes, including Germany since 2017. Others have decriminalised its general use, while stopping short of making it legal.

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Riham Alkousaa – Reuters – 2022-10-26.

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