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Upcoming German Government Coalition Agrees on Legalizing Cannabis

by t8e56vd4ih on 11/18/21, 9:52 PM with 25 comments

• by TillE on 11/19/21, 12:19 AM

  > Modelle zum »Drugchecking« geplant

  I know this true of other languages too, but Germany really loves to do this: use "English" phrases which are either simply wrong or have another meaning than intended, or no clear meaning (here it's pill testing, basically).

  I don't know why they do this! It's really irritating as an anglophone immigrant to Germany. German is a real language, they can just say Drogenprüfung, who knows why they don't.

• by vmception on 11/19/21, 12:25 AM

  This would fix one of my biggest issues with Europe! All the pleasures in the world except the ability to get good weed anywhere! Sure all the "cool people" have a supply but its just shitty street stuff where the supply chain is completely broken. Its the same situation in Portugal where people are like "look everyone can have some and they fixed the drug problem forever" yeaaah but what about the supply chain? Like one city in the Netherlands is the only place you can go to right now, and the conversation amongst people all across Europe is so immature. Weed is conflated with the hardest drugs possible, and good luck trying to have a conversation about Sativa over Indica! Big oversight, and yes I am grouping 30 countries together because that's my experience.

  Gimme at least one country with California-style recreational shops everywhere.

  Looks like Germany will be it! Way to go "legalize all fun things" Green party! Didn't notice they got into the coalition, I kind of noticed when the other coalition didn't get all the votes they were used to, but didn't really put too much thought into it.

• by hnbad on 11/19/21, 12:27 AM

  Note that the article says they want to legalize the controlled sale by licensed shops. This suggests home-growing will likely continue being illegal.

  While the legalization is likely a good thing, the article is a bit too trusting when it comes to the supposed motivation not being economical or fiscal. The goal is likely to be able to tax it like cigarettes and wine, and to make it easier for existing cannabis companies (which are mostly already established tobacco companies) to enter the market without fearing price dilution from private growers.

• by dasKrokodil on 11/19/21, 9:05 AM

  I'll believe it as soon as I hold the first legal buds in my hand. Until then, I'll remain cautiously optimistic.

  I think it's still a little fishy that none of the articles mentions anything about the supply chain. Also, nothing about home growing or how DUI will be handled.

• by 9wzYQbTYsAIc on 11/19/21, 12:19 AM

  That's pretty nifty. It still boggles my mind that drugs like alcohol are legal in the USA but safer drugs like cannabis are not legal in the USA.

• by Shadonototra on 11/19/21, 12:12 AM

  That's very sad, what you are willing to do for, or perhaps against, your own people for a market share, or maybe they have other plans, but i don't know what's the use case of drugs other than to dumbificate (to dumbify?) your population

  Where will they get the cannabis from? they don't have enough lands, import from the US/Canada i bet? ;)

  Modern opium war