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The US government moved to categorize marijuana as a less dangerous drug on Thursday, meaning people who use or possess the substance are unlikely to go to prison in future. "Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana," US President Joe Biden wrote on social media platform X. "So today, the Justice Dept is taking the next step to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug under federal law." Drugs fall into five different categories in the United States. Up until now, marijuana or cannabis has been in the first and therefore strictest catego...
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Passengers on Deutsche Bahn, the state-owned German rail operator, will not be permitted to smoke cannabis on its stations following the legalization of the drug at the beginning of the month. "Based on the legal ban on cannabis consumption during the day in pedestrian zones and in the vicinity of schools and playgrounds, we would like to safeguard all our passengers at our stations, especially children and young people," a Deutsche Bahn spokeswoman told the mass-circulation Bild tabloid. The new regulations are to be ready for implementation in around four weeks, after which Deutsche Bahn sta...
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Germany's conservative opposition will revoke a new law legalizing cannabis for personal use if they gain power, a senior spokesman said in remarks published on Saturday. "In our view, drugs policy, particularly with respect to protecting young people, is an issue of such central significance that we will revoke the legalization of cannabis in the event we take power," lawmaker Thorsten Frei told the Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper. The legislation allowing for adult possession in public of up to 25 grams of cannabis for personal use, was passed by parliament over a week ago and takes effect o...
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Supporters of the legalization of cannabis in Germany are preparing to welcome the entry into force of a new law on Monday with a "smoke-in" at the Brandenburg Gate in the capital Berlin. It would mark the start of "a new era," the hemp association said. From 11:30 pm (2230 GMT) on Sunday evening, people were being invited to gather at the iconic monument to smoke marijuana in public - but only when the law comes into force. "You can light up at midnight," the hemp association said. The event has been officially registered with the police as a demonstration. Smaller events are then planned for...
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Germans are divided on the coalition government's planned legalization of cannabis, according to a survey published ahead of a vote in parliament on Friday. In the YouGov poll, 42% of respondents said they were somewhat or completely in favour of legalization, while 47% said they were somewhat or completely against it. Another 11% had no answer, according to the survey which was made available to dpa. Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, is to vote on the partial legalization of the drug on Friday. The coalition government's plans call for limited legal availability of cannabis ...
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German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach expressed confidence that parliament would vote to partially legalize cannabis in Germany on Friday, despite doubts from some opposition politicians and members of the judiciary. "This is an important improvement in our drug policy," Lauterbach said on Thursday. "With this law, we will achieve a significant reduction in the black market, better protection for children and young people and a safer product for older consumers." The current policy of banning the drug had failed, Lauterbach said, as there were more and more cannabis consumers, including young...
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