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Germany legalises possession of cannabis for personal use
(www.theguardian.com)
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Personal Comment on the matter and living through it all in Germany
This whole thing was a long ass nightmare...
A lot of conservative politicians and our far-right parties wantes this to be canned and instead asked for a more restrictive policy.
The CSU (Bavarias special version of the CDU) already founded a dedicated new ministery for "extremly restrictive interpretation of the new laws". Thats how bad the f***ing right-wingers are about this progreasive approach! Im to tired to search for the source on that right now, if someone else could to that, I would greatly appreciate it.
Its still hard to believe. Even now it feels very surreal that, within a few days, the technically still existent damocles-sword of illegallity will be gone. This whole law was passed around, rewritten, ammended and changed so often, many thought it would never even pass within our lifetimes, if at all.
Even today, there was so much interest and tension in this thing, the streaming-server broadcasting the vote just cracked under the storm of viewers wanting to see how this would go down.
Thanks to all the people who tirelessly pushed for this. Your work made this happen and you deserve all the praise in the world for it. I hope we can archive more things like this in the comming future.
Usually we Germans are very hesitant to be proud of our country, for very obvious hystorical reasons. But I feel we can make an exception for this one.
Because Im proud of my country for once! Good job!
Have to admit, I haven't followed the subject since I don't smoke weed. Tried it a few times, thousands of years ago when I was younger and it was not my thing.
In Germany driving while under the influence is an almost instant MPU. Will they relax the law now, or do it like with alcohol, you need to be over a certain value to have your licensed revoked? No disrespect against people that smoke weed but I don't want to share a road with people stoned out of their minds.
While you're right that people shouldn't drive while being stoned, you also shouldn't fear it too much since cannabis has a far less impact on your driving skills compared to alcohol. Most likely stoners will just drive slower and be hyperfocused on the road.
The limits will be revised.
I just read about it "am Rande" so take it with a grain of salt. Afaik, there is a legal limit for the blood traces, which is too low because the majority of people will not pass even several days after smoking. Said limit is therefore unrealistic and overly restrictive, they're currently trying to figure out a number that makes more sense and still ensures that cannabis users are not a danger to themselves or anyone. Blood alcohol restrictions are a known quantity and have been for decades, but THC not so much so far.
They make oral swabs to check if people have smoked within the last few hours or so, although I don't think that works for edibles. Urine or hair test will always be unreliable for this use case because it shows up in those if you've used in the least few months to years. But anyway my point was that there are ways to test for intoxication similar to DUI breathalyzer.
I'm not sure we will ever see that in France, despite all the neighbouring countries and our huge consumer base... Good for you !