Free State of Bavaria wants to implement the cannabis law “extremely” strictly. Anyone who smokes weed in public in Bavaria risks three-digit penalties.
Consuming cannabis in the immediate presence of people under 18 is prohibited. The law is a “bureaucratic monster” and there are numerous ambiguities, says DPolG state chairman Jürgen Köhnlein to the German Press Agency. “Söder is putting the authorities and the police in a position where they have to monitor very closely,” says GdP state chairman Florian Leitner.. The new catalog of fines comes into force on April 1st. The public can also report violations of the law (as as the federal state law) Bavaria's cities and districts are responsible for implementation for the law. The German Police Union (DPolG) and the Police Union of the Free State are already seeing enormous additional work as a result of partial legalization.