Cannabis messes with the development of the adolescent brain – areas important for planning and emotional control. The damage is probably irreversible.
Dowel, Johnny, oven, bubatz, spice flute – there are plenty of cute synonyms for a joint. But cannabis is not harmless for young people. © Fred de Noyelle/Getty Images; Emma Grann/Plainpicture
Cannabis legalization is not making progress. The law has not been passed by the Bundestag for weeks because the SPD, Greens and FDP are arguing. The traffic light factions want to negotiate again next week. It will be about details, such as the distances between planned cannabis clubs and schools. According to the draft, many of the rules are about health protection. Especially those of children, teenagers and young adults, whose brains are still developing up to the age of 25. It has a particularly strong influence on cannabis. But how harmful is it? And what role does the dose play? Here are the answers to the most important questions.