Germany becomes biggest E.U. country to legalize marijuana possession | Washington Post | Sammy Westfall:
April 1, 2024 - German cannabis campaigners and aficionados lit celebratory joints at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate at midnight early Monday, gathering for a legal “smoke-in” to mark the nation’s newly liberalized law on marijuana coming into effect. Germany’s government passed legislation allowing adults to possess small amounts of the drug, making it the largest European Union country to legalize possession for recreational use.
"The purchase and sale of cannabis is still prohibited and can lead to fines and imprisonment. Adults can now carry up to 25 grams (nearly an ounce) of marijuana and keep up to 50 grams at home. They can also grow up to three plants for personal use under the law that was passed by Germany’s federal council last month and took effect Monday.
"Adults who don’t want to grow their own plants ... can join 'cannabis clubs' starting in July. They are licensed nonprofit growing cooperatives capped at 500 members who must 'actively participate in the cultivation' to access the club’s cannabis. 'The law does not provide for passive membership that is aimed solely at purchasing cannabis,” the Bundesrat, effectively Germany’s upper house, said in its announcement of the law.
"Marijuana has slightly more restrictions for young adults between ages 18 and 21, and it is still illegal for minors....
"Though the amounts permitted in Germany are relatively small — adults are allowed to possess up to three ounces of cannabis flower in New York, for example — the new law still makes Germany one of the most lenient countries on marijuana in the European Union."
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