Adults should in future buy, own and consume cannabis in Germany. "It is then no longer part of the Narcotics Act," said Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) on Wednesday when a corresponding key point paper in Berlin. The federal cabinet had previously decided. According to Lauterbach's words, cannabis layingization should only be followed up if the plans can withstand a current European and international law examination.
Lauterbach, who is a medical doctor himself and has been against a cannabis release in the past, expressly did not want to sell the planned legalization as a "big breakthrough in drug policy". Decriminalization should enable better child and youth protection and health protection compared to today. With the cannabis ban, Germany has achieved "no presentable successes" in recent years. Rather, consumption has increased. Problematic addictive behavior has also increased in adults. "The trend is going in the wrong direction," he said.
Lauterbach assured: "We want to regulate the market very strictly." The purchase and possession of 20 to 30 grams of cannabis should be placed in adults. It should be checked whether there should be an upper limit for the content of the active ingredient tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) for under 21 years. The central component of the planned approval is said to be state -regulated cultivation of the vegetable, psychoactive intoxicant here. "We want to licens and regulate production in Germany." Today, cannabis is illegally sold on the local black market from foreign production. According to the minister, the sale should take place in licensed taxes - it is still open whether consumption should also be allowed there.
