Conversation with Sido: Lauterbach defends cannabis release with restrictions

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Conversation with Sido
Lauterbach defends cannabis release with restrictions

Karl Lauterbach (SPD, r), Federal Minister of Health, and Sido, rapper, discuss the topic of cannabis legalization. photo

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Cannabis is to be legalized in Germany – albeit subject to conditions. Minister of Health Lauterbrach defended this again in conversation with rapper Sido.

Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has the planned Cannabis legalization defended with restrictions instead of full clearance. “Completely legal makes no sense,” said the SPD politician in a conversation with rapper Sido, which was published online today. “Then I would, for example, legalize someone carrying a few kilos of stuff on their person. How am I supposed to distinguish between the dealer and the one who uses it for himself?” A situation would arise in which the black market would flourish because there would be virtually no rules as to who could grow or sell. Then you would go from bad to worse. “This semi-legal idea sounds bad at first, but it’s a smarter idea.”

A draft law introduced by the federal cabinet provides for removing cannabis from the list of prohibited substances in the Narcotics Act. Adults over the age of 18 should be allowed to own 25 grams. A maximum of three plants should be allowed to be grown privately.

In cannabis clubs, club members should be able to grow the drug together and give each other – a maximum of 50 grams per month per member. For 18 to 21-year-olds, it should be up to 30 grams per month with a maximum content of ten percent of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is the substance with the intoxicating effect. The aim is for it to come into force at the beginning of 2024.

Lauterbach said: “For me, this is also a health law.” It is a great opportunity to say on the occasion of this law, especially with regard to younger people: “If you do this, start late and do little. Preferably from the age of 25, if you have to, but definitely not at a young age .” If you get that information across, it’s worth a lot.

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