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Not only marijuana - the cultivation of these plants is also punishable by law

2022-01-26T16:28:24.251Z


Not only marijuana - the cultivation of these plants is also punishable by law Created: 01/26/2022, 17:19 By: Janine Napirca Not just cannabis: these plants shouldn't be growing in your garden. © Bea Vera/Imago Your garden – your kingdom? Not exactly. There are plants whose cultivation is punishable by law. It's not just about marijuana. In most cases you are completely free to decide which p


Not only marijuana - the cultivation of these plants is also punishable by law

Created: 01/26/2022, 17:19

By: Janine Napirca

Not just cannabis: these plants shouldn't be growing in your garden.

© Bea Vera/Imago

Your garden – your kingdom?

Not exactly.

There are plants whose cultivation is punishable by law.

It's not just about marijuana.

In most cases you are completely free to decide which plants should decorate your garden.

However, there is one big exception:

plants, which are punishable

.

You can find out here which plants are involved and what the penalties are if you cultivate them illegally.

Can you plant cannabis?

Marijuana is one of the punishable plants in Germany

The best-known of the prohibited plants in Germany is the

cannabis

plant .

Only in exceptional cases - for example as a farmer with

special

permits

- are you allowed to plant cannabis, also known as hemp.

The dried flowers of the cannabis plant are called marijuana and contain the intoxicant THC.

This is the reason for the ban.

The Narcotics Act prohibits the cultivation of cannabis.

If you break the law, you could be fined or imprisoned for up to five years.

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In individual cases, it is possible to grow cannabis yourself: For example, in the case of seriously ill people who are

allowed to consume marijuana for

therapy .

Even if you think the plants are just beautiful, the plant is illegal for everyone else, whether you intend to consume the buds or not.

This has recently become fatal for a senior citizen from Günzburg.

Punishable plant: Opium poppies may not be grown without a permit

Cannabis is not the only plant that is banned in Germany due to its narcotic nature and may not be cultivated.

Opium is obtained from opium poppies

.

Also

heroin

can be produced synthetically with Papaver somniferum, which is the Latin name of the punishable plant.

However, because these substances are prohibited, the Narcotics Act also regulates the cultivation of the pretty flower and stipulates that if you want to cultivate opium poppies, you need a permit from the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices.

If you are caught without a permit, you also face heavy fines and up to five years in prison.

While this is not very likely for individual plants, you should not rely on it.

Opium poppies are often found in gardens or along streets*.

No wonder: the plants are easy to confuse with other – permitted – poppy varieties.

The cultivation of opium poppies – even if it is only for decoration, is punished in Germany.

© Oticki/Imago

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This is how you recognize the punishable plant opium poppy

  • four petals

  • white, violet or red

  • dark spots at the bottom of the petals

  • blooms from June to August

If you urgently want to grow opium poppies, you can apply for a

special permit

.

This costs

95 euros

and is valid for a maximum area of ​​ten square meters.

In addition, they must assure in the application that the opium poppy is only planted for decoration.

The permit expires after three years.

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The cultivation of witch sage and coca bush is also forbidden in Germany

According to the Narcotics Act, you are also not allowed to plant Salvia divinorum in Germany.

The plant, colloquially known as

witch

sage or

Aztec sage

, also known as

divination sage

or divine

sage

, contains

hallucinogens

.

In its native Mexico, the punishable plant is part of ceremonies and medicinal treatments.

Used in high doses, witch sage induces a high where users perceive lights and shapes.

Since cocaine is extracted from the coca bush, this plant is also one of the punishable plants and may not be cultivated in Germany.

© BROKER/G.

Lacz/Imago

The same applies to the coca

bush

(Erythroxylum coca), whose leaves contain

cocaine

.

This punishable plant therefore has no place in your garden.

(Sofia Wrede/jn) *Merkur.de and 24garten.de are an offer from

IPPEN.MEDIA.

Source: merkur

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