As of: March 12, 2024, 5:35 p.m
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Partial cannabis legalization is facing headwinds.
After sharp criticism of the traffic light government's law, the CDU and CSU are now threatening legal action.
Berlin/Munich – The law for the partial legalization of cannabis was passed in the Bundestag just a few weeks ago.
As of April 1, 2024, weed could be smoked legally in Germany - in compliance with a number of requirements and provided that you have reached the age of majority.
Not all parties are happy with this decision.
The Union criticized the traffic light law from the start and now wants to stop it.
The state interior ministers from the CDU and CSU want to examine a lawsuit against the cannabis law.
This was announced by her current spokesman, Bavaria's department head Joachim Herrmann (CSU), after a meeting in Berlin on Tuesday (March 12).
“We agreed that the federal law enforcement and regulatory authorities will face difficult additional tasks and an immense amount of effort.
We definitely don’t want to accept that,” said Herrmann.
Friedrich Merz, party leader of the CDU, during the vote on the partial legalization of cannabis in February 2024 © Odd Andersen / AFP
Union wants to block cannabis law in the Federal Council
The partial legalization is expected to come to the Federal Council on March 22nd.
Since the law does not require the approval of the states, the opponents of legalization only have the mediation committee left.
Three committees of the state chambers concerned with this recommend sending the law to the mediation committee.
Baden-Württemberg's Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) said: “The traffic light motto is: close your eyes and go through.
We will put up a stop sign in the Federal Council.” The discussion on the cannabis law has completely slipped.
The Union interior ministers consider the planned possession and delivery quantities to be “much too excessive”.
They also fear a massive increase in crime - and that the aspect of road safety is hardly taken into account.
(dpa/pav)