Cannabis is already legal in other countries. The traffic light is also planning to do this in Germany – but the coalition partners apparently disagree when it comes to setting the pace for a draft law.
The FDP calls for a faster pace in the planned release of cannabis in Germany. “As a future coalition, we have formulated the controlled release of cannabis for recreational purposes as a goal in our coalition agreement. We want a bill accordingly as soon as possible,” said the health policy spokesman for the FDP parliamentary group, Andrew Ullmann, the “Tagesspiegel”.
A week ago, the green health expert Kirsten Kappert-Gonther had already called for a timely draft law.
“You can’t wait forever for us to get advance signals from Europe before we finally take legislative action,” said Ullmann. The path of the traffic light coalition is “legal and legitimate” and will also exist in Europe accordingly.
The SPD, Greens and FDP had agreed in their coalition agreement to introduce “the controlled sale of drugs to adults for recreational purposes in licensed shops”. Federal Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach (SPD) presented the first concrete ideas for implementation in autumn (key points).
The next step would be a finished bill. However, it cannot be ruled out that Brussels will veto the German plans in a so-called notification procedure (examination) if the Commission believes that they contradict EU and international law. The Union, which is against legalization, is counting on this.
Source: Stern
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