Until recently, Germany’s health minister, Karl Lauterbach, had been upbeat about the prospects for radical change. But following talks with the European Commission the plan has gone up in a cloud of smoke
but it left the’s member states some legal discretion when it comes to personal use, social clubs and the possession of weed.
Germany is also now planning for a second phase that involves pilot projects in which local sales will be allowed. Details of these schemes have not yet been announced. Will they actually happen? Possibly. The Netherlands is planning to launch just such a scheme, known as the, or “weed experiment”, by the end of 2023 in ten municipalities . The Czech Republic, also gung-ho on the liberalisation of cannabis laws, seems likely to follow.
The legal status of these pilot schemes for sales is grey. Mr Jelsma says it would be helpful if the commission were to give some indication as to what its position is on the question. On the face of it the schemes do breachlaws. But as they are not on a national scale, and are time-limited, the commission may not want to start an infringement procedure.
The shift in German policy represents a kicking of the can on the full European legalisation of cannabis. One factor may well be that no one has the appetite for such regulatory aggravation right now, with a war in Ukraine and high inflation to contend with. Still, Ms Rookmaker thinks further shifts are still possible if enough countries keep pushing.Europe
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