BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany joined the ranks of countries and jurisdictions that have legalized recreational cannabis on Friday, following the Bundestag’s adoption of a law allowing individuals and associations to cultivate and possess limited quantities of this drug.
The text carried by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition authorizes the cultivation of a maximum of three plants for private consumption, as well as the possession of cannabis up to 25 grams.
The production of cannabis on a larger scale, still for non-commercial purposes, will be authorized for members of “cannabis clubs”, a German specificity, of up to 500 adults. Only members of these clubs will be authorized to consume their product.
The number of Germans consuming cannabis is estimated at 4.5 million.
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Germany thus becomes the ninth country to decriminalize the recreational use of the drug, which is also legal in certain jurisdictions in the United States and Australia.
The consumption and cultivation of cannabis is prohibited in France.
(Report by Thomas Escritt, French version by Alban Kacher, edited by Sophie Louet)
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