A draft bill that would legally allow people to use and grow cannabis is to be put before lawmakers for consideration. But there are many voices opposing the legalization of the drug for recreational purposes.
A controversial draft bill on legalizing the recreational use of the drug cannabis was unveiled on Wednesday by Health Minister Karl Lauterbach after it was approved by the German Cabinet.
“The protection of children and teenagers is a central element of the entire legislative project,” the statement said, referring to a youth information campaign “Legal, but …” that will be launched by the Health Ministry.
In the next step, specialist shops are able to sell cannabis and products containing THC — but only in selected districts and cities, which are to be named so-called model regions for a period of five years.
The interior minister of the eastern state of Saxony, Armin Schuster, of the opposition Christian Democrats (CDU), told the corporate newsroom Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland that “this law will bring with it a complete loss of control.”
“If there is something we don’t need, then it is this law,” the interior minister of the city-state of Hamburg, Andy Grote, from Lauterbach’s center-left Social Democrats (SPD)told public broadcaster NDR.
Even deputies from Lauterbach’s coalition partner the neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP) who generally approve of cannabis legalization speak of a “bureaucratic monster.”
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A controversial draft bill on legalizing the recreational use of the drug cannabis was unveiled on Wednesday by Health Minister Karl Lauterbach after it was approved by the German Cabinet.
“The protection of children and teenagers is a central element of the entire legislative project,” the statement said, referring to a youth information campaign “Legal, but …” that will be launched by the Health Ministry.
In the next step, specialist shops are able to sell cannabis and products containing THC — but only in selected districts and cities, which are to be named so-called model regions for a period of five years.
The interior minister of the eastern state of Saxony, Armin Schuster, of the opposition Christian Democrats (CDU), told the corporate newsroom Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland that “this law will bring with it a complete loss of control.”
“If there is something we don’t need, then it is this law,” the interior minister of the city-state of Hamburg, Andy Grote, from Lauterbach’s center-left Social Democrats (SPD)told public broadcaster NDR.
Even deputies from Lauterbach’s coalition partner the neoliberal Free Democrats (FDP) who generally approve of cannabis legalization speak of a “bureaucratic monster.”
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