“Smoking weed” at the Brandenburg Gate – joints in front of the CSU headquarters: This is how the first day of cannabis legalization went. Possession, cultivation and consumption are legal for adults with some requirements.

Some police departments reported driving under the influence of drugs in Offenburg, Gotha and Neustadt an der Weinstrasse. The current limit of 1.0 nanograms of the hemp active ingredient THC per milliliter of blood serum still applies. Shortly before Easter, a commission of experts proposed a new limit of 3.5 nanograms.