Health
Cannabis law: FDP warns Lauterbach of “bureaucratic monsters”
The federal government plans to legalize cannabis use in Germany. photo
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The party criticizes the planned cannabis law of the Federal Minister of Health.
The FDP warned Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) that the planned Creating too much bureaucracy for cannabis law. “In the current form, a real bureaucracy monster would arise that can hardly be controlled,” said Kristine Lütke of the “Rheinische Post”.
The addiction and drug policy spokeswoman for the FDP parliamentary group called for “far-reaching improvements” for a different basic conception in cannabis policy.
With the law, Lauterbach wants to allow the cultivation and sale of cannabis within special associations, so-called cannabis clubs, under possibly strict rules. In addition, adults should have 25 grams of the intoxicant and be allowed to grow a maximum of three plants for their own use.
“We reject an upper limit on ownership”
In terms of controllability, Lütke is critical of the limit for personal ownership. “For example, as the FDP parliamentary group, we resolutely reject an upper limit on ownership. After all, nobody checks how many bottles of wine someone stores in the cellar,” she said.
Instead, she called for “proportionate and accurate regulations that ensure real protection of minors and at the same time do not lead to an additional burden on the police and judiciary”.
According to a revised draft of the law, Lauterbach’s ministry expects the legalization to save law enforcement agencies, courts and prisons more than one billion euros a year in costs. It is still unclear when cannabis could be legal in Germany. In the traffic light coalition, supporters hope that legalization will be implemented this year.