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New details about the German government\u2019s marijuana legalization proposal have emerged, with officials incorporating feedback after advocates and lawmakers pushed for fewer restrictions that were included in an initial version that was leaked last week.<\/p>\n
Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach will be presenting the framework to the full Cabinet on Wednesday, The Rheinischer Post reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n When details of the original version leaked last week<\/a>, there was quick pushback over certain restrictions that lawmakers and advocates said would complicate efforts to transition consumers to the legal market. At least one key provision related to THC limits for cannabis products was removed in the new document.<\/p>\n The overall 20-30 gram possession limit range remains intact, but the health minister\u2019s 19-page report says that such possession will be legal \u201cregardless of the specific THC content and origin,\u201d according to a translation. The earlier version had stipulated that possession was punishable if the cannabis wasn\u2019t grown and sold within the country\u2019s regulated supply chain.<\/p>\n The report says that officials are still considering whether to impose a maximum THC cap for products sold to adults 18-20.<\/p>\n Exklusiv: Die neuen und in der Ampel abgestimmten Eckpunkte von @Karl_Lauterbach<\/a> f\u00fcr die #Cannabis<\/a>-Legalisierung liegen vor und sollen morgen vom Kabinett beschlossen werden. Auf 19 Seiten geht\u2019s u.a. um die zul\u00e4ssige H\u00f6chstmenge von 20-30g zum Eigenkonsum. Details bei @rponline<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/NMVBS2Goe6<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jan Drebes (@JanDrebes) October 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n \u201cThe cornerstones make essential statements on the introduction of the controlled sale of cannabis to adults for recreational purposes agreed in the coalition agreement,\u201d the paper says. \u201cExtensive measures to improve consumer health protection, child and youth protection, and information, counseling, and prevention services are addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n It further describes rules for personal cultivation. Adults can grow up to three flowering plants for personal use, which is an increase from a two-plant cap in the original framework. Plants would have to be cultivated in a secure enclosure that\u2019s not accessible to children.<\/p>\n The report says there will be penalties for people who grow, possess or acquire more than the allowable amount of cannabis. But it also includes a new detail, with the minister proposing to make it so all ongoing criminal proceedings related to offenses made legal under the reform would be suspended and closed upon implementation.<\/p>\n Cannabis would need to be sold at licensed retailers, and possibly pharmacies, under the minister\u2019s framework. Sales couldn\u2019t take place a store where tobacco or alcohol is also sold.<\/p>\n There would also be a ban on cannabis advertising.<\/p>\n \u201cDosage forms for smoking, inhalation, for nasal and oral intake in the form of capsules, sprays and drops are permitted,\u201d the paper continues. \u201cAn extension to so-called edibles (products other than food that are offered for oral consumption) will be examined at the latest as part of the evaluation of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n According to an earlier version of The Rheinischer Post article, the framework calls for a 0.3 percent THC limit for industrial hemp to align Germany\u2019s definition of the crop with the European Union\u2019s definition. That detail was removed in an edited version of the news story.<\/p>\n Lawmakers who support cannabis reform have been outspoken about their concerns that the health minister\u2019s first version was unduly restrictive. Johannes Vogel, chairman of the FDP party, said<\/a> that possession limits should be scrapped altogether, pointing out that the government doesn\u2019t restrict how many bottles of wine a person can possess.<\/p>\n Eine \u00dcberregulierung des legalen #Cannabis<\/a>-Markts w\u00fcrde dazu f\u00fchren, dass Konsumenten weiter auf dem #Schwarzmarkt<\/a> einkaufen. @johannesvogel<\/a> macht klar: “#Besitzgrenzen<\/a> m\u00fcssen \u2013 wenn \u00fcberhaupt \u2013 so geschaffen sein, dass sie ausreichend hoch sind!” \u2014 Kristine L\u00fctke MdB (@kristine_lutke) October 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n \u201cAs far as can be foreseen so far, the pressure is working, at least at the absurd upper limit of the THC value,\u201d another lawmaker, Ates G\u00fcrpinar, said. \u201cThis is now probably out.\u201d<\/p>\n #Cannabis<\/a>-Eckpunkte 2.0: Soweit das bislang absehbar ist, wirkt der Druck, zumindest bei der absurden Obergrenze des THC-Werts: Diese ist nun wohl raus. Fragen bleiben, zum Beispiel, was den Reformbedarf zur Fahrerlaubnis angeht. Lasst uns dranbleiben, #Weedmob<\/a> \u2013 #LegalizeIt<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Ates G\u00fcrpinar (@AtesGuerpinar) October 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Both G\u00fcrpinar and Vogel have signaled that they want to see further revisions related to driving rules, with Vogel saying that \u201ctraffic regulations must be changed so that you can of course drive a car two weeks after smoking a joint\u2014and this is only not allowed when you are in an acute state of intoxication.\u201d<\/p>\n Without removing driving restrictions to exclusively penalize driving while actively impaired, the chairman said the country shouldn\u2019t legalize marijuana at all.<\/p>\n This framework is the product of months of review and negotiations within the administration and the \u201ctraffic light\u201d coalition government. German officials took a first step toward legalization in June<\/a>, kicking off a series of hearings meant to help inform legislation to end prohibition in the country.<\/p>\n Info-Tweet: Morgen um 11:30 Uhr Pressekonferenz mit @Karl_Lauterbach<\/a> zu den Eckpunkten der Cannabis Legalisierung. #weedmob<\/a> @spdbt<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Carmen Wegge (@CarmenWegge) October 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n Under the plan, marijuana would be subject to the country\u2019s sales tax, and it proposed an additional \u201cspecial consumption tax.\u201d However, it didn\u2019t specify that number, instead arguing that it should be set at a rate that\u2019s competitive with the illicit market.<\/p>\n Because it will be up to the Parliament to pass the reform legislation, it will likely be subject to additional changes as it moves through that process.<\/p>\n One lingering question is whether the European Union (EU) will challenge Germany\u2019s authority to legalize marijuana. Canada and Uruguay have flouted United Nation\u2019s policy by enacting legalization, but this will represent a key test within the EU.<\/p>\n For what it\u2019s worth, Malta is an EU member nation that legalized cannabis late last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n A group of German lawmakers, as well as Narcotics Drugs Commissioner Burkhard Blienert, recently\u00a0visited California and toured cannabis businesses<\/a>\u00a0to inform their country\u2019s approach to legalization.<\/p>\n The visit came about two months after top officials from Germany, Luxembourg, Malta and the Netherlands\u00a0held a first-of-its-kind meeting to discuss plans and challenges<\/a>\u00a0associated with recreational marijuana legalization.<\/p>\n Leaders of the coalition government said last year that they had\u00a0reached an agreement to end cannabis prohibition<\/a>\u00a0and enact regulations for a legal industry, and they\u00a0previewed certain details of that plan<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year.<\/p>\n A novel international survey that was released in April\u00a0found majority support for legalization<\/a>\u00a0in several key European countries, including Germany.<\/p>\n White House Condemns \u2018Sham\u2019 Russian Court After Brittney Griner\u2019s Cannabis Appeal Denied, While Another American Marijuana Prisoner Cut Off From Family<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n The post Germany\u2019s Government Tweaks Marijuana Legalization Proposal Following Pushback Over Restrictions<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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