The traffic light coalition wants to legalize cannabis for recreational use. The union is against it. Only one CDU MP sees it differently: Erwin Rüddel. Erwin Rüddel has never smoked weed. Or so he thinks. The CDU politician no longer knows that exactly. There was this one holiday, he says, with school friends in Amsterdam. He was just 18 years old. He vaguely remembers a stranger offering the boys a cigarette at a party. They would all have pulled it....
CSU Health Minister Klaus Holetschek wants to clarify whether legal smoking is compatible with European law. The Bavarian state government has so far categorically rejected the federal government's legalization plans. Bavaria's Health Minister Klaus Holetschek wants to have the federal government's plans for cannabis legalization reviewed with a legal opinion. "Despite major health risks and legal concerns, the traffic light coalition has so far stuck to its plans. That's why I commissioned a legal opinion to clarify the international and...
Status: 09.12.2022 12:12 p.m Cannabis could be legalized in 2024. Medium-sized entrepreneurs are preparing to do business with the plant. For farmers, cultivation could even become an alternative to animal husbandry. The farmer rich through the grass, the pharmacist known as a dealer and politics d'accord with potheads? Is this the future of legal cannabis? The release of the hemp plant for leisure use in Germany could give rise to a new branch of the economy. The industry association Cannabiswirtschaft...
Health Lauterbach plans expert opinion on cannabis legalization Cannabis plants grow in a flowering room at a pharmaceutical company. photo © Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa The planned legalized consumption of cannabis in Germany should also get the blessing from Brussels. The Minister of Health wants to collect “very good arguments” for this. Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach wants to secure the plans for a controlled legalization of cannabis with an expert opinion. Confidential talks with the EU Commission have shown that "very...
Epilepsy, chronic pain and even Tourette's: Cannabis can apparently be used to treat diseases that other medicines fail to treat. Legalization holds opportunities for millions of patients - but also risks.source site-1
The federal government's legalization of cannabis could open up a new business for farmers. Many farmers expect that the strict requirements for the cultivation of industrial hemp will then also be relaxed. About a plant with potential. When it comes to legalizing cannabis, Ralf Huber doesn't want to get involved. "It's a political decision," he says. "As a farmer, I know far too little about it." Nevertheless, Huber is very curious to see whether the federal government will make good...
Status: 13.11.2022 06:28 a.m As a campaign promise, especially for young voters, the tones were full-bodied: cannabis would be legalized quickly. But the prestige project of the traffic light coalition is progressing slowly. By Nadine Bader, ARD Capital Studio A sweet smell pervades the corridors and halls of the Demecan company north of Dresden. Behind thick walls and guarded by a security service, one cannabis plant follows the next under bright lights. Hardly anyone would suspect a production facility for...
Status: 13.11.2022 06:28 a.m As a campaign promise, especially for young voters, the tones were full-bodied: cannabis would be legalized quickly. But the prestige project of the traffic light is progressing slowly. By Nadine Bader, ARD Capital Studio A sweet smell pervades the corridors and halls of the Demecan company north of Dresden. Behind thick walls and guarded by a security service, one cannabis plant follows the next under bright lights. Hardly anyone would suspect a production facility for cannabis...
Status: 27.10.2022 07:31 a.m The purchase, consumption and cultivation of cannabis is to be legalized to a limited extent. For Minister of Health Lauterbach, this is the "silver bullet". But doctors warn of risks for younger age groups. The federal government wants to legalize the consumption and possession of cannabis to a limited extent. But there are still doubts about the plans of the traffic light coalition, and not only politically, reservations are also being voiced by doctors. "As pediatricians,...
Health Association of Pediatricians Against Cannabis Legalization A person rolls a joint. photo © Fabian Sommer/dpa The release of cannabis is one of the most controversial projects of the traffic light: some can hardly wait for the implementation, others are strictly against it. Among the critics are paediatricians. The President of the Professional Association of Pediatricians, Thomas Fischbach, has warned of the traffic light coalition's plans to release cannabis. "We as pediatricians would prefer it if cannabis legalization didn't come,"...
