Germany Agrees Plan To Legalise Recreational Cannabis

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By Nebianet Usaini

Updated October 26, 2022

(FILES) This file photo taken on August 10, 2019 shows a participant holding a placard that reads “I like to smoke pot” during the 23rd Hanfparade, a traditional German-wide pro-Cannabis march, to ask for its legalisation. – Germany on October 26, 2022 opened the way to legalising the purchase and possession of small amounts of marijuana for recreational use, as well as its production. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

(FILES) This file photo taken on August 10, 2019 in Berlin shows a German national flag bearing a marijuana leaf during the 23rd Hanfparade, a traditional German-wide pro-Cannabis march, to ask for its legalisation. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

Germany on Wednesday paved the way to legalising the purchase and possession of small amounts of marijuana for recreational use, as well as its production.

“The federal cabinet today agreed the key points for the controlled distribution of cannabis to adults for recreational use,” Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said at a news conference.