Now if you are an adult above the age of 21 in Germany, you can purchase up to 30 grams of cannabis for recreational use. As per a legal document accessed by Bloomberg, the cabinet approved a proposal by the health ministry on Wednesday. The ruling also allows state-licensed and controlled commercial cultivation and distribution of cannabis.
Legalising controlled sales of cannabis is one of a series of reforms outlined in last year's coalition deal between the three socially liberal parties that make up Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government.
They said the plan would ensure quality control while also protecting young people, and agreed that the social effects of the new legislation would be examined after four years.
The move will be a boost for Germany's nascent cannabis industry. Scholz's government will evaluate a limit on the amount of chemical component in weed or THC that makes you high.
The sale of weed will be restricted to speciality stores. Advertising for cannabis products, however, will be prohibited. The government will also impose a special cannabis tax.
– With PTI inputs
