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Content <p>Germany&#8217;s new law legalizing recreational cannabis use came into effect on April 1. </p> <p>At midnight, hundreds of Berliners held a “smoke-in” at the Brandenburg Gate to publicly consume marijuana and celebrate decriminalization. </p> <p>Germany is the third country in the European Union to legalize recreational use of cannabis, after Malta in 2021 and Luxembourg in 2023, <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2024/04/01/en-allemagne-la-legalisation-du-cannabis-a-usage-recreatif-entre-en-vigueur_6225294_3210.html" target="_blank">according to Agence France-Presse</a>. </p> <p>Medical associations, police organizations and judges have misgivings about the law, arguing that marijuana can have a negative effect on the brain, which is still developing up until age 25 —&nbsp;or that the rules are not clear enough. </p> <p>The legislation was <a href="https://pro.politico.eu/news/176101" target="_blank">part of an agreement</a> by the country’s three-party coalition government. It allows the possession of cannabis possession (up to 25 grams) and home cultivation for adults (up to three plants). </p> <p>Cannabis consumption may “now come out of the taboo zone,” <a href="https://twitter.com/Karl_Lauterbach/status/1774709282161750231" target="_blank">posted German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach</a> on X (formerly Twitter) Monday morning. He&#8217;d argued that <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/cannabis-possession-cultivation-legal-germany-april/">legalization</a> would help shut down the black market.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">VIDEO: Berlin holds &#39;smoke-in&#39; as recreational cannabis use law comes into force.<br><br>Several hundred cannabis enthusiasts gathered at midnight under the Brandenburg Gate to smoke marijuana in public as the new law legalising its recreational use comes into effect on April 1 <a href="https://t.co/gULtOS5P55" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/gULtOS5P55</a></p>&mdash; AFP News Agency (@AFP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1774708292495000021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 1, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>Further parts of the legislation will allow “cannabis social clubs” to supply up to 500 members with a daily maximum of 25 grams and a monthly maximum of 50 grams. Members will have to have been residents of Germany for at least six months. </p> <p>Those clubs won&#8217;t be fully operational before summer, however, as the part of the law that regulates cultivation in cannabis clubs will come into effect on July 1. </p> <p>Consuming marijuana remains forbidden in a radius of 100 meters around schools, child care facilities and playgrounds. </p>

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Hidden blurb --- !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::RSSEntry published: 2024-04-01 11:12:17.000000000 Z entry_id: !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::GloballyUniqueIdentifier is_perma_link: 'false' guid: https://www.politico.eu/?post_type=pro&p=4522371 title: 'Legal high: Germany’s cannabis law comes into effect' categories: - cannabis - Medical cannabis - Agriculture and Food - Health Care content: |2 <p>Germany&#8217;s new law legalizing recreational cannabis use came into effect on April 1. </p> <p>At midnight, hundreds of Berliners held a “smoke-in” at the Brandenburg Gate to publicly consume marijuana and celebrate decriminalization. </p> <p>Germany is the third country in the European Union to legalize recreational use of cannabis, after Malta in 2021 and Luxembourg in 2023, <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2024/04/01/en-allemagne-la-legalisation-du-cannabis-a-usage-recreatif-entre-en-vigueur_6225294_3210.html" target="_blank">according to Agence France-Presse</a>. </p> <p>Medical associations, police organizations and judges have misgivings about the law, arguing that marijuana can have a negative effect on the brain, which is still developing up until age 25 —&nbsp;or that the rules are not clear enough. </p> <p>The legislation was <a href="https://pro.politico.eu/news/176101" target="_blank">part of an agreement</a> by the country’s three-party coalition government. It allows the possession of cannabis possession (up to 25 grams) and home cultivation for adults (up to three plants). </p> <p>Cannabis consumption may “now come out of the taboo zone,” <a href="https://twitter.com/Karl_Lauterbach/status/1774709282161750231" target="_blank">posted German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach</a> on X (formerly Twitter) Monday morning. He&#8217;d argued that <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/cannabis-possession-cultivation-legal-germany-april/">legalization</a> would help shut down the black market.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">VIDEO: Berlin holds &#39;smoke-in&#39; as recreational cannabis use law comes into force.<br><br>Several hundred cannabis enthusiasts gathered at midnight under the Brandenburg Gate to smoke marijuana in public as the new law legalising its recreational use comes into effect on April 1 <a href="https://t.co/gULtOS5P55" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/gULtOS5P55</a></p>&mdash; AFP News Agency (@AFP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1774708292495000021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">April 1, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <p>Further parts of the legislation will allow “cannabis social clubs” to supply up to 500 members with a daily maximum of 25 grams and a monthly maximum of 50 grams. Members will have to have been residents of Germany for at least six months. </p> <p>Those clubs won&#8217;t be fully operational before summer, however, as the part of the law that regulates cultivation in cannabis clubs will come into effect on July 1. </p> <p>Consuming marijuana remains forbidden in a radius of 100 meters around schools, child care facilities and playgrounds. </p> summary: Berlin “smoke-in” marked the occasion. rss_fields: - title - url - summary - author - categories - published - entry_id - content url: https://www.politico.eu/article/legal-high-germany-cannabis-law-come-into-effect-weed/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication carlessian_info: news_filer_version: 2 newspaper: Politico EU macro_region: Europe author: Laura Kayali

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