Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner has rejected the fears of many state justice and interior authorities that the partial legalization of cannabis could lead to chaos. The FDP leader spoke in Report from Berlin of a responsible law that improves health prevention and combats the black market.
“The focus, at least for me, is not on the right to be intoxicated. It’s about overcoming an unsatisfactory situation like we currently have – namely that millions of people consume cannabis on the black market and without any health education.” said Lindner. The drug needs to be used responsibly. “We can’t leave everything in a black or gray area. And that’s why this regulation is responsible.”
Saxony-Anhalt’s Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff said in the broadcast that he assumes that the law will be changed again. It will certainly be on the agenda again in the Federal Council in the next few months, said the CDU politician. “Simply because reality forces us to.”
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The Federal Council passed the law passed by the Bundestag on the partial legalization of cannabis on Friday. There was a lot of criticism of this in the state chamber; Nevertheless, there was no majority in favor of calling the mediation committee of the Bundestag and Bundesrat. This would have initially prevented the law from coming into force on April 1st. This allows the possession and cultivation of the drug by adults with numerous requirements for personal consumption – a turning point in German drug policy.
Haseloff said the law will not be implemented seamlessly on April 1. He also warned that the authorities involved would be “completely overwhelmed”.
The Union parliamentary group in the Bundestag hopes that the traffic light coalition’s law can still be stopped. Your health policy spokesman Tino Sorge appealed to Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the weekend not to sign it.
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner has rejected the fears of many state justice and interior authorities that the partial legalization of cannabis could lead to chaos. The FDP leader spoke in Report from Berlin of a responsible law that improves health prevention and combats the black market.
“The focus, at least for me, is not on the right to be intoxicated. It’s about overcoming an unsatisfactory situation like we currently have – namely that millions of people consume cannabis on the black market and without any health education.” said Lindner. The drug needs to be used responsibly. “We can’t leave everything in a black or gray area. And that’s why this regulation is responsible.”