Marijuana plants on the window sill, legal weed possession and legal cannabis clubs – for some, dreams are about to come true. For opponents, it’s more of a nightmare.
The Union has renewed its criticism of the federal government’s cannabis plans. The parliamentary manager of the Union faction, Thorsten Frei (CDU), called the project “dangerous and naive” in the “Rheinische Post”. “We will clearly reject such nonsense in the Bundestag.”
Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) misjudges the reality and downplays the dangerous consequences that consumption can have, especially for young people. He was therefore “out of place as Minister of Health,” said Frei. The CSU also continues to reject the plans. The deputy leader of the Union parliamentary group, Dorothee Bär, spoke in the “Augsburger Allgemeine” of a frontal attack on child and youth protection.
The concept of the traffic light coalition envisages that in Germany the possession of a maximum of 25 grams of cannabis and the cultivation of a maximum of three plants should be exempt from punishment. The purchase of the drug should at least be legally possible via detours. Lauterbach and Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir (Greens) presented the plans on Wednesday. The legislation is scheduled to start in April.
Source: Stern
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