German Cannabis Bill Passes Cabinet in Legalization Push
- Draft law allowing adults to have 25 grams sent to parliament
- Adults can also grow as many as three plants, establish clubs
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Germany’s ruling coalition approved a scaled-back plan to decriminalize personal use of cannabis in a first step toward a potential broader legalization of pot in Europe’s biggest economy.
The draft legislation backed Wednesday by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s cabinet would allow adults to possess as much as 25 grams of the drug, the health ministry said Wednesday in an emailed statement.