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Several thousand people gathered on Saturday at the historic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to celebrate the first day of action for Germany's new legal cannabis law. Around 4,000 participants gathered to smoke the formerly illegal substance for a "Smoke-In," according to the Berlin police. Artists played music on a stage in front of the gate and there were rallies. The long-time juvenile court judge and cannabis activist Andreas Müller greeted the crowd with: "Dear no longer criminalized cannabis users." It was a great day, he said, adding that Germany had taken the right path with legalization a...
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The partial legalization of cannabis for personal use, which was championed by the centre-left government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, took effect in Germany on Monday. The Bundesrat, or upper house of parliament, let the long-debated bill pass last month after it was approved by the lower house, the Bundestag. Shortly after midnight, several hundred people gathered in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate and lit up joints to celebrate the new law. "We can finally show ourselves, we don't have to hide any more," Henry Plottke, a member of the German Cannabis Association (DHV), told dpa before the ...
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The partial legalization of cannabis for personal use, which was championed by the centre-left government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, takes effect in Germany on Monday. The Bundesrat or upper house let the long-debated bill pass last month after it was approved by the lower house, the Bundestag. 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 50 grams of cannabis for personal use there. Smoking weed in public spaces is to be banned in schools, sports facilities and...
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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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Polish President Andrzej Duda has vetoed a law designed to facilitate access to emergency contraceptives, citing "the will to respect constitutional rights and health protection of children," his office said on Friday. Both chambers of parliament had adopted the amendment to the pharmaceutical act provided for women and girls from the age of 15 to be able to obtain the morning-after pill without a prescription in future. Duda is from the nationalist Law and Justice Party (PiS) which was ousted in the last election by a centrist coalition led by former European Council President Donald Tusk in ...
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Online violence is on the rise around the world, according to new research that concludes that one in six school children is affected by cyberbullying. Around one in eight schoolchildren aged 11 to 15 stated that they had already bullied someone in a digital space, according to the second report on Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) by the World Health Organization (WHO). The proportion of victims among boys has risen from 12% in the last report in 2018 to 15% and among girls from 13% to 16%. The current report refers to data for the period 2018 to 2022. While 11% of boys stated i...
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After decades of public debate and lengthy deliberations in parliament, adults in Germany will legally be able to smoke weed on the street beginning on April 1. That became possible after the upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat, gave a law partially legalizing cannabis the green light on Friday, and decided not to send the legislation to a mediation committee. It had been passed by the lower house last month. After years of cannabis policy that had led to unnecessary deaths and a growing black market, the new law was designed to "close Pandora's box," Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said....
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The German parliament on Friday cleared the way for the partial legalizing of cannabis for personal use from April 1. Upper house lawmakers decided to let the long-debated bill pass during its session on Friday, after it was approved by the lower house last month. 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 50 grams of cannabis for personal use there. Smoking weed in public spaces is to be banned in schools, sports facilities and within 100 metres of these fac...
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Travellers are being urged to plan ahead and take precautions amid a rise in mosquito-borne infections, such as dengue and malaria, to pre-pandemic levels. Cases of the diseases have risen to levels not seen since 2019, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) warned. Dengue is not usually serious but can be severe in some cases, with symptoms similar to flu. Malaria causes a fever, headaches, confusion and muscle pains among other symptoms and can be fatal. You can not catch either infection from another person. The majority of the UK's registered cases were with people who caught the disease wh...
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If you like clambering over rocks, but towering heights make you feel dizzy, you might want to consider giving bouldering a go. You will be climbing, but the maximum height involved is 4.5 metres - an elevation at which the thick floor mats will safely cushion any fall. A form of free climbing often performed indoors or on small rock formations, bouldering is no longer a niche sport and saw its Olympic premiere in 2021, says Fabian Pelzer, lecturer at the German University for Prevention and Health Management (DHfPG). If you fancy giving it a go, here are three questions answered before headin...
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