PARTIAL CANNABIS LEGALIZATION IN GERMANY WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

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In April 2024, the partial legalisation of cannabis in Germany was greeted with celebrations. Cannabis clubs were supposed to provide legal access to the drug — but they're having a hard time opening for business.    #OIDW #DWVideos #CannabisLegalization #GermanyCannabis #CannabisClubs #LegalW-eed #GermanyNews #April2024 #CannabisStruggle #LegalAccess #DrugPolicy #CannabisHurdles #GermanyCelebrates #CannabisRegulations #W-eedNews #CannabisChallenges #LegalizationIssues                 ~HT.97~PR.152~ED.101~

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00:00Scenes of jubilation at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on April 1st.

00:05They marked the decriminalization of cannabis in Germany, much awaited by many.

00:10While adults can now possess and smoke marijuana in public,

00:14bureaucracy seems to be standing in the way of access to legal cannabis.

00:19According to the new law, individuals can grow up to three cannabis plants at home.

00:24And as of July 1st, people can apply to establish so-called cannabis social clubs,

00:29associations where members can grow plants together and share the harvest.

00:34The problem? Some clubs have been unable to apply for a license.

00:38In Berlin, not a single club has managed to hand in their application.

00:43Frustrated club founders have come together and started organizing to put more pressure on the authorities.

00:49The responsibility for the permit application is being shifted back and forth between city and district authorities.

00:55We feel like we are being lied to from start to finish.

00:58The Berlin city government told DW it is currently clarifying which office should oversee the permits.

01:04While this is being sorted out, the responsibility falls on the district authorities.

01:09This still doesn't provide much clarity to the hopeful managers of the cannabis clubs.

01:14And questions remain as to whether this new law really makes it possible for people to access cannabis legally.

01:21I've already signed up to be a club member and now we're waiting and waiting.

01:25But what's happening more and more in my circles is that people are getting their own plants.

01:30The way they did it here in Germany is a catastrophe.

01:33This wouldn't change anything the way it is right now.

01:38So people still use their old dealers, you know, because still we have no shops to buy it from somewhere.

01:45Despite some skepticism, cannabis club founders hope they can soon overcome the bureaucratic hurdles

01:51and finally start growing legal marijuana.

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