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On April 1, Germany joined a handful of countries worldwide where smoking weed in public is legal. But it wouldn't be Germany, if the new rules governing consumption, purchase and cultivation didn't come with a whole lotta red tape attached. Under the country's new cannabis law, introduced after decades of public debate and lengthy deliberations in parliament, adults are now able to legally smoke weed on the street. The landmark legislation allows for adult possession of up to 25 grams of cannabis for personal use in public. Three live cannabis plants will be legal in one's own home and up to ...
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A crowd of happy people lit up joints in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate just after midnight, to celebrate the beginning of Germany's new law to decriminalize cannabis. Several hundred people gathered in an exuberant mood, some dancing to reggae music, a reporter from dpa witnessed at the scene. A metre-high cannabis leaf adorned a stage in front of the Berlin landmark, and cigarette lighters were held at the ready, waiting for the clock to tick over midnight. Shortly afterwards, a strong smell of cannabis wafted across the square. "We can finally show ourselves, we don't have to hide any m...
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French police have detained 1,738 people in numerous raids on the drug scene across the country in recent days. "We will continue the anti-drug operations," France's Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Saturday afternoon in Saint-Denis near Paris. Drug trafficking is to be eradicated, he added. During the operations over the past 10 days or so, €2.4 million ($2.6 million) have been confiscated. The forces also seized 150 kilograms of drugs, mainly cocaine and heroin. In Paris and the Seine-Saint-Denis district north-east of the capital alone, more than 300 people were taken into cus...
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"I just wanted to forget all the misery and everything I lost," says Ahmad, a Syrian whose name has been changed as he wishes to remain anonymous. Ahmad turned to forbidden means to escape the anguish he was enduring in war-torn Syria. For years Ahmad was addicted to the drug commonly known as Captagon, a synthetic amphetamine-type stimulant. Many people in the embattled country are like him. It is one of the countless consequences of the war, which will enter its 14th year in mid-March. The civil war in Syria began in March 2011 with anti-government protests that were put down violently by th...
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