No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
8 months, 1 week ago

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens

Associated Press  

BERLIN — You can get drunk at Bavaria’s world-famous Oktoberfest, but don’t get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world’s most popular beer festival, the state’s government announced Tuesday. Local authorities in Bavaria will also be allowed to prohibit cannabis consumption in public areas such as outdoor swimming pools and leisure parks such as Munich’s Englischer Garten, German news agency dpa reported. In its strict interpretation of the cannabis law, Bavaria’s state government also wants to ban smoking cannabis in designated smoking rooms and smoking areas such as the outdoor areas in restaurants and cafes. Bavaria’s state government argues that the ban of weed consumption at public festivals including the Oktoberfest is needed because consumers are not allowed to smoke cannabis near minors, and children and young people are regularly present there.

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Germany gives controversial green light to cannabis
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Germany gives controversial green light to cannabis

The Hindu  

Cannabis aficionados lit up in Germany on April 1, as the country became the largest EU nation to legalise recreational use, despite fierce objections from opposition politicians and medical associations. The new law was "better for real addiction help, prevention for children and young people and for combating the black market," Lauterbach said, responding in part to criticisms levelled against …

Personal use of cannabis decriminalized in Germany
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Personal use of cannabis decriminalized in Germany

China Daily  

By JONATHAN POWELL in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-03-26 09:19 A grinder for cannabis is pictured at a store in Aschheim near Munich, southern Germany, on Feb 22, 2024. Germany's parliament has given the green light for the partial legalization of cannabis for personal use, with possession and home cultivation set to be decriminalized starting from April …

Germany permits smoking cannabis in public but there’s a catch
10 months ago

Germany permits smoking cannabis in public but there’s a catch

Live Mint  

Come April, smoking, possession and controlled cultivation of cannabis will be legal in Germany for all above 18 years of age. Ahead of the vote, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said ‘Germany has seen a sharp rise in the number of young people using cannabis obtained on the black market despite the existing law’ and further urged the members of parliament …

Germany joins legal cannabis club
10 months ago

Germany joins legal cannabis club

The Hindu  

Germany on February 23 joined the small group of countries and jurisdictions that have legalised cannabis when the Bundestag passed a law allowing individuals and voluntary associations to grow and hold limited quantities of the drug. "We have two goals: to crack down on the black market and improved protection of children and young people," Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said …

Amsterdam BANS cannabis from its famous red light district
1 year, 10 months ago

Amsterdam BANS cannabis from its famous red light district

Daily Mail  

Restaurants and bars will have to close by 2am and sex workers' venues by 3am Amsterdam will soon ban cannabis from its famous red light district as part of new regulations by the city. The new laws, which were announced yesterday, will be in force from mid-May and aim to improve residents' quality of life as they have long complained …

Germany Set To Legalize Cannabis Use For Recreational Purposes
2 years, 1 month ago

Germany Set To Legalize Cannabis Use For Recreational Purposes

News 18  

Germany set out plans on Wednesday to legalise cannabis, a move Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government said would make Germany one of the first countries in Europe to do so. Legalising cannabis could bring Germany annual tax revenues and cost savings of about 4.7 billion euros and create 27,000 new jobs, a survey found last year. Some 4 million people consumed …

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