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Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD): "Everyone wants us to organize relaxation here"
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Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has advised citizens to exercise restraint when consuming cannabis - especially with a view to the planned legalization of the intoxicating substance.
He counts himself among those "who don't think it's good if you use it a lot," said Scholz on Sunday on ARD, referring to cannabis use.
His government has already begun to legally implement the legalization agreed in the coalition agreement.
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"Everyone wants us to organize relaxation here," said the Chancellor.
He did not want to give a date for implementation - but the project should not be implemented until the end of the legislative period.
The legalization of cannabis is “already quite a complex process from a legal and health policy perspective,” said the Chancellor.
"It's not done in one stroke."
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