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Berlin celebrates legal cannabis possession
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https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-celebrates-legal-cannabis-possession/a-68711348
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Cannabis users in Germany’s capital, Berlin, gathered at Brandenburg Gate on Monday to welcome a new law decriminalizing the personal use of the drug.
“We can finally show ourselves, we don’t have to hide any more,” Henry Plottke, a member of the German Hemp Association (DHV), told dpa at the Berlin gathering.
The law, which has been met with some criticism amid concerns for the health of German youth, makes Germany among the most liberal countries in Europe in regard to cannabis consumption.
The use of small quantities of cannabis has long been decriminalized in Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Belgium, and the Netherlands, though there too, certain rules remain in place.
Health Minister Karl Lauterbach was a strong proponent for the new law, arguing the country’s previous drug policy had failed and led to a black market.
“The changeover will mean a one-off increase in workload, but in the long term the police and judiciary will be relieved,” Buschmann told the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland media group on Monday.
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