Top German officials will unveil a revised plan to legalize marijuana nationwide this week.
German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said in a Twitter post on Tuesday that “there will be new cornerstones tomorrow” for the cannabis reform legislation that the government has been preparing.
He and Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture Cem Özdemir will discuss the marijuana proposal at a press conference on Wednesday.
So wird es sein! Mit @cem_oezdemir gibt es morgen neue Eckpunkte, die Legalisierung von Cannabis: sie kommt doch. https://t.co/zxjPPniW5P
— Prof. Karl Lauterbach (@Karl_Lauterbach) April 11, 2023
“The legalization of cannabis: it’s coming,” Lauterbach said.
The legislation was initially set to be released by the end of the first quarter of 2023, but that timeline was extended “due to scheduling reasons” as officials reportedly worked to revise it in order to avoid a potential conflict with international laws.
There have been reports that the bill is being scaled back from the nationwide commercial cannabis framework that the government previously released, with details signaling that officials planned to take a bifurcated approach to the reform.
The government’s revised plan would reportedly allow adults to possess and grow cannabis for themselves on a limited basis and
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