According to the regulations, young people must be aware of their consumption. “Every young person will know: if I use cannabis regularly, I am damaging my brain,” said the Health Minister.
The government of Germany approved the legalization of recreational consumption of cannabis and thus becomes one of the first countries to incorporate the measure along with a couple more members of the European Union (EU).
According to the plan, which now has to be debated and sanctioned by the federal Parliament, the law will apply to the citizens of 18 years old who will be able to buy and possess cannabisaccording to the news agency AFP.
The Executive headed by the head of Government, the Social Democratic chancellor Olaf Schölzin coalition with the Greens and the liberal Free Democratic Party (FPD), made this measure one of its key projects, although the initial proposal went much further.
The project aims to carry out a prevention campaign for young people. According to the regulations, people will be able to cultivate up to three cannabis plants for their own consumption and non-profit associations will be created whose members will be able to cultivate the plant for their consumption, under the supervision of public authorities.
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The proposal consists of carrying up to 25 grams of cannabis per person. The plan, in this context, will allow German residents over the age of 18 to join “cannabis clubs” non-profit with a maximum of 500 members each.
The German Health Minister pointed to the awareness of young people in the consumption of cannabis: “Every young person will know: if I use cannabis regularly, I am damaging my brainI will have a greater chance of developing psychotic breaks, I may have non-reversible attention disorders.” “We want to limit consumption and make it safer, but not expand it,” he added.
According to numbers published by the state statistical office Destatis34.7% of Germans used it at some time in their lives.
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