American reacts to GERMANY LEGALISES CANNABIS
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Bavaria bans cannabis at the Oktoberfest. Drinking yourself into a coma is ok! 🙄🤦
biggest drug festival of the world xD
In Bavaria, if you kill someone while driving under the influence of alcohol, you can become Verkehrsminister.
I'm not defending excessive use of alcohol, but smoking anything in public is bad if there are people around that don't want to inhale the stuff... If someone close to me is drinking, I'm not getting any alcohol in my system. If he's smoking, I will inhale the smoke and I don't want to.
Säufer*innen im Brunz- und Kotzgehege Theresienwiese.
@@hansgans297 That guy drinking next to you might clobber you just because, though
I like this attitude of „if you can’t prohibit it, at least regulate it.“ It’s an acceptance of the human nature.
I think this is only appropriate for some things, but in the case of cannabis it really seems to be the right choice.
we cannot control murder 😔 legalize?
@@checkcommentsfirst3335 How do you manage to equate the worst violent crime with a victimless crime?
@@checkcommentsfirst3335We have to protect society from murderers. But I don’t think we have to protect society from stoners lol
@@checkcommentsfirst3335 Yep. It's called war.
Well, the hole world basically banned cannabis because of a career-obsessed US official.
I bet Edgar still burns in hell for that
@@dennishonecker5960that would mean there’s justice..
Cannabis was added to the list of controlled substances at the Second International Opium Conference in 1924, the results of which became the Second International Opium Convention in 1925 and were made international law by the League of Nations in 1928.
This is wrong. For example, Cannabis was illegal in Germany since the "Opiumgesetz" of 1929.
@@dennishonecker5960 I hope so
You can't sell it or give it to someone for free for now. You can only grow your own cannabis. So all weed smoked during the last days of cause grew and was harvested in just a few days.
Ultra fast Kush Automatik 😂
Time travelling while high was always a thing
If the cops ask you how you got your weed you don't have to anwer. It's legally none of their business anymore.
Do u also know if it is legal now to take Cannabis from the netherlands to germany? Not as buisness or smth, but to take 2 or 3 grams back to germany after a holiday or smth
You can get it through a medical prescription quite easily now, as it is now longer a scheduled narcotic. There is a huge surge of teleclinics, offering prescriptions for as little as 5 €. Then you can pick your strain at a pharmacy and have it sent to your house. This is quite similar to how California went through on their way to full legalization.
Why was hemp illegal in the US? - Because the Hemp plant grow fast and cheap and you can make paper out of the plant what annoyed the wood industry. You can make clothing, fabric from the plant and that annoys the cotton industry. You can make sails and ropes for boats that are salt water resistance and cheap and that annoys (in combination with fabric) Dupont who wanted to sell their synthetic materials. And because the prohibition just ended and all the Agends from the Drug and Alcohols Department / FBI / whatever Agency was involved in hunting the Alcoholimporters, drinkers and manufacturers needed some new task or they would lose their job. Same reason why they didn't forbid it under the english name hemp but the devilish foreign spanish name Mariuana/Cannabis
Well said!
facts.
Actually, hemp produce wasn't even illegal in Germany. During my college years, i worked in a so called 'head-shop' in Germany (2010s). It was not only selling bongs, pipes and blunts, but also drinks and snacks with hemp in it, clothes and fabric accessoires made from hemp, etc. And all of that was legal, because the hemp was from male plants and hence with no effect whatsoever, and the sale of TOOLS for drugs is in fact also legal, as long as you don't sell the drugs themselves or instructions where to get them. Thinking about it, that store must have an all time high sells right now lol.
To answer the main rules for Cannabis in Germany: - You can own up to 50g somewhere locked in your home (only 25g if you're between 18-25 years old) - You can carry up to 25g in your pcokets while walking down the street. - You have to stay away 100 meters form Schools and Playgrounds while smoking it. - You can have up to 3 plants simultaneous (if you produce more than 50g you have to destroy what's too much) - You aren't allowed to give your stuff to someone else - Buying and selling it is still illegal, you are supposed to join a club (growing community) with max. 500 members where you can get up 25g a day and 50g a month. But aren't allowed to smoke inside or in a range 100 meters around the Club (only 25g if you're between 18-25 years old) In the future you'll be able to buy it in certified stores, just like in the Netherlands. Medical cannabis was already legal for some years and with a good Doctor you could get a prescription, but the stuff costs roughly twice as much as you'd pay on the street .... the THC levels of the mediacl stff are out of this world tho. Side note: ATM you smell less Weed in the streets than before the legalisation.
You have to stay out of line of sight from the entrance to the school or playground. That can be even less than 100 meters, depending on the actual place. However, it it is more than 100 meters it counts as "out of sight" even if technically you are still visible. At least that's how the law is written. How they enforce it, may be a different matter. Only time will tell. Of course it should go without saying that you don't blaze in front of kids...
Everyone can own 50g if ur 18. There is no restriction for people between 18-25. There is a restriction for people between 18 and 21. They can buy 30 grams a month (not 25 as u said and its for people that are younger than 21 not 25)
The club thing sounds like a nightmare. Who is going to have oversight over the quality lol. De-criminalization is good. I can buy Tylenol or stronger pain medication at the pharmacy, but somehow Cannabis needs to be bought in some sort of shady club? This whole legalization is such a half hearted attempt, and further stigmatizes users.
Thank you, this was interesting for me as a German as well! I am thinking about cultivating these three ones on my window sill. I know that this has nothing to do with quality, I'm just curious wether it even works and is "smokable".😂 Wish me luck!
Just one Point bru, the Prices for the medical weed is just the half of the street prices! I'll pay around 5 - 8€ for mine and it's very very good quality and exclusive Strains!
The reality is that cannabis prohibition is working just as well as prohibition did in the United States in the early 20th century.
Yeah, those who want to use it, use it anyway. My guess is that the amount of people who didn't use it before and now suddenly start is rather small.
Bavaria is the strictest state in Germany. Bavaria has now trained a new police force to take action against people who have more than 25g of cannabis or who are under 18. You can go to prison for up to 5 years without a chance of reinforcement. Smoking is also prohibited within 100m of playgrounds, daycare centers, kindergartens, etc. That's funny because in Bavaria you can just buy a crate of beer and sit on the playground bench and drink the entire crate in front of all the children. And not just beer, we can do that with any alcohol. It gets even funnier because it's not a misdemeanor if you pull a line of cocaine that was laid to you by someone else, even in front of children.
These rules apply to all federal states, not just Bavaria. But Bavaria has now specially trained a police column for this...
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Mhmm,actually... - 🤓
I smoked weed for so many years. Some month ago I stopped. I thought I would be one of the people at Brandenburg gate, but I am not interested in all this anymore. But I still think it is a good thing to protect younger people. And the people are consuming clean products.
Marihuana has been tollerated here in the Netherlands for a long time, longer than I (a 34 year old) can remember. And there are coffeeshops ( thats what they call places where they sell marihuana) in a lot of cities, towns and villages. To me its kind of similar to drinking alcohol but in a smoke form. You need to be aware of the downsides, but there is no harm in responsible use of it by itself. *Edit I have checked and there have been "coffeeshops" selling canabis over here since 1976.
Biggest issue that it is still illegal and the mafia is rising in NL.
Love your Country. Ger and Nl, brothers in arms
@@alialman1495Funnily Germanys legalization could be a model for the netherlands
Will still come over for a good non prohibited smoke every now and then,even though i dont have to anymore❤
The Netherlands is not an example. We dont wanna do the fails that your country did.
I did smoke the green goblin right before watching this video. I’m from Germany enjoying your enthusiasm for Germany 🇩🇪
It is legal to smoke, just not in certain places, such as the hospital and in a larger radius around children's facilities such as playgrounds, schools and kindergartens. You can only smoke what you have grown yourself. That means it can't be sold. However, you can keep up to 3 plants yourself and the personal consumption that you can travel with is 25g. (Which in itself is a huge amount!)
I don't smoke myself, not even cigarettes! ;)
You also only can smoke between 8pm and 7am in pedestrian zones I think
@@Biberboyy ah, okay! I didn't look at the law in detail, just what the newspaper had reported in rough terms.
I'm from Germany and smoke myself, so I hope to know everything so I don't get in trouble 😅
@@Biberboyy Wäre besser so, es genau zu wissen! ;)
well done Germany , Did you know, the UK is the largest manufacturer and exporter of medicinal cannabis in the world????? and yet illegal for the populus to grow our own.....I wonder why?????
Because its a dangerous drug
Ask big business.
@@DieGurke_ It's a dangerous Drug for developing minds IE youngsters, however for pain mitigation, treatment for Parkinson's symptoms, anxiety sufferers, the benefits far outweigh the negatives...
@@DieGurke_not as dangerous as, say, alcohol. Most harm that comes from drugs actually comes from prohibition.
@@Ayns.L14A Only if prescribed by a doctor. You described cannabis as a painkiller. Would you take painkillers for fun? Would you take painkillers to get high? because that's what smoking cannabis is. You have described cannabis as a painkiller as a medicine. This means that a doctor should always be consulted and that it should NEVER be used by healthy people for fun.
Canada legalised the cultivation, possession, acquisition, and consumption of cannabis and its by-products in 2018.
my god, "comparable to alcohol". What a trigger.
Triggers me too. Here in germany there exists different terms between you have to distinguish. One is "Rauschgift" (drugs), another one is "Rauschmittel" (intoxicants) and last "Genussmittel" (stimulants). Heroin, Cocain, LSD e.g. are considered as "Rauschgifte" due to their toxicity for the human body. On the other hand Cannabis falls into the categorie of "Rauschmittel" because it makes you "a high feeling" without being toxic. (which doesn´t mean it´s completly harmless, just because you can´t die from consumption) Then there are substances, such as alcohol and nicotine, which, strictly speaking, should actually also fall into the category of "Rauschgift", because they are, chemically speaking, neurotoxins. But...Since alcohol and nicotine are socially accepted, they are referred to as "Genussmittel", because it doesn't sound so negative, i assume. So imo alcohol is not comparable with cannabis, except the fact that both have an intoxicating effect, which, however, is not comparable in terms of effect.
Selling is still illegal, giving it away probably also, the whole thing is not as cut and dry as we would like it, but it is a huge step in the right direction. Jailing people for getting high, the height of absurdity, is now pretty difficult, rather than a get-into-jailsystem-free card.
I guess having a round at a party still falls into a grey zone. You're not selling it, you're consuming your own product and just happen to let someone you know personally have a go.
I just stopped (normal!) smoking. And I have no interests to begin smoking cannabis now. Years ago I tried it once. It had absolutely no effect on me. So I didn't do it again. 💖🙂
sounds like it wasnt good or enouth and you can get a vaporiser
@@dbmaster46446 Except for my partner and I, everyone enjoyed it. But it's okay to us. I don't want to take it again. 💖🙂
@@dbmaster46446or he just doesn't smoke. Don't get me wrong, personally I love weed. But It's certainly not bad for you if you just don't smoke.
@@dbmaster46446 For some people, weed doesn't work quite as well... I myself have the same condition as marijuana does to some extent innately. So after a few months of trying it out, I stopped using weed; I was 19 years old at the time. Because it didn't make much sense to me, or it was too much and I felt like crap. And since I mostly used "records" to smoke, I no longer had any great dreams, which I found stupid. And the next morning I was completely exhausted. Which I absolutely disliked. I am someone who wanted to get up with energy (and still wants to today)! ;)
A lot of people don't feel anything the first time. It's okay you don't have to try it. Also tge quality is important.
Thank you Ryan. Im from Germany. Near Cologne. And love your Channel so mutch. ❤ Thanks for your Content❤
Very interesting reaction. Throughout the video you commented how much you wonder about US influence towards prohibition. In fact in the treaty after ww1 Germany did under supervision of the US, Germany was forced by the US to enforce the prohibition within a few months or face a war declaration. Until then drugs had been a huge aspect of German culture. That's one reason why Germany invented Heroin, Crystal Meth, LSD etc. The fact that we don't legalize fully is bound to EU laws (which have been influenced by the US as well) and the mentioned treaty, which is theoretically still valid. Overall, that the world is allowed to make steps to legalize is caused by the late changes in the US. Your observation towards that is historically evident and correct.
but you should not wonder, since the US is the major influencer on our globalized community
In Germany Heroin was reintroduced for medical treatment for intravenous opioid addicted people in 2010.
The war on cannabis in the USA was largely promoted by lobbyists from the major alcohol industry. Because most people who use cannabis drink less alcohol. And that would have reduced alcohol sales.
As a Swiss guy living right at the border I am curious about how this will turn out, and what other countries will do. Even though I don't smoke weed (tried it, but it just isn't my thing), I think some actual rules are way better than this "illegal, but barely enforced crap" other countries do. This gives us a clear definition of what is right and what's wrong, so as a law abiding citizen you get an idea of what you can and cannot do. The numbers themselves can and probably will cause a lot of discussion, but at least they are a clearer and more scientific system than whether or not a cop thinks you're a dealer or not
"where do you buy it" Well, thats the catch, u cant legally buy it since it cant be sold in stores so thats what social clubs are for. Welcome to Germany
I love the small and upcoming channel!
I am not using cannabis but I think it is worth this experiment. The stoner now have the chance to proof that their are capable to hold on to the rules. If the experiment shows that their are not following the rules, than this new law will be revoked quickly.
Pretty much every other stoner i know uses the Bubatzkarte. A website (maybe there's an app too idk) which shows you where you are not allowed to smoke. The law is still a bit restrictive and a LOT of stoners are gonna have more than 50g at home. But when it comes to public smoking everyone i know does their best to follow the new law.
Bruder was genau willst du sagen was heißt an Regeln halten
@@felixpawlowski9033 Ich würde mal vermuten Abstandsregeln, mengenbegrenzung und was sonst so im Gestz steht
@@felixpawlowski9033 Das Gesetzt ist kein Freischein für jegliche Kifferei. Unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen (Abstandsregeln, Uhrzeitregel, Menge) ist es gestattet Cannabis zu konsumieren. Damit will man Menschen die unbedingt kiffen mögen dies auch ermöglichen aber gleichzeitig Menschen die damit nicht in Berührung kommen wollen, sollen oder medizinisch nicht dürfen schützen. Denk mal an die Menschen die schon ohne Cannabis Schwierigkeiten mit Psychosen haben. Solchen Menschen sollte es leicht fallen der Kifferei aus dem Weg gehen zu können. - Und Du kannst das halt nicht, wenn Du ins Krankenhaus, Schule oder Behörde musst. Mitunter deswegen ist es da verboten.
2:55 not sure if that can be translated properly. a club might be the wrong translation. its more like an association of people to allow them to grow for every member in one play. so 10 people join together and then they can grow 30 plants in one garden. something like that.
So to get a little bit deeper into this. We are allowed to grow it on our own now. 3 plants. 25g of weed is allowed to carry for private use only. When you don´t want to grow it by yourself, you can join "social clubs" - you need to be part of a club, you need to be 18 and you need to be a german citizen. While being part of a club you need to pay a membership fee. This fee is just for manufacturing, these clubs aren´t allowed to make provit. And you can just join one single club and have to wait 3 months, if you want to join another one. Correct me if i´m wrong, been writing this from my mind 😆
Slight correction: You are not allowed to join more than one club.
You DONT have to be a german citizen. You need to be a legal resident of germany! Nationality is irrelevant! Excluding foreign residents would be unconstitutional!
I took 20g hash in a cop car before a few days. They did know that, and it was the best feeling in my life. They were completely chill and just told me that they were happy that they don't need to make any problems because of that. And just drove me to my destination, that was happily not the police department.
The "DeutscherHanfVerband" Channel on KZhead has a map in his backround with all legal Countrys.
I am very happy. For now I am waiting for my first harvest, no more black market! They allow me 3 plants, this is more than I ever hoped for. Every component you could need is sold out atm. Shops hat closed the orders. I will harvest below 1€/g this is amazing!
0:49 hahaha, I literally was xD Eating breakfast now on you where on my starting page with this one :D Greetings from Germany :D EDIT: And to the topic with strengthening the black market: That's the reason why this is just a first step, a decriminalization. A full legalisation must follow to regulate legal production, selling and with it taxation. The problem is, that the EU law must be changed, to make this happen. Selling drugs through the state/companies/public is prohibited in EU law (iirc), so that must change, to sell it legally in Germany. The Netherlands with their coffe shops pay a high fine every year (at least I read sth like that). Nice reaction again!
The pressure from the population and the many clubs became too great. Our government was a little late with this. It should have been decriminalized earlier. As a result, around 150,000 emails were sent to all the responsible members of parliament within a few days. And then, of course, there was the pressure via social media.
In our Cannabis Clubs smoking is forbidden! It is a Grow Club only. Clubs are not allowed to make profits! You pay for your membership and get up to 50 g per month. The clubs will start in about 3 months. Alex, Munich
Now I can grow my own weed in my own home. Legally. It's beautiful and I will obviously keep within the limits of three plants and 50g of dried weed. Those limitations are very sensible and are there for my protection. Thank you government, for protecting me from too much of my home grown cannabis. A sensible precaution and I am a very sensible man. No need to check on me either. Would be a total waste of time.
Well, it was also 'Murica which enforced to forbid Cannabis in all allied and occupied countries. So it is not surprising that it now goes the other way. US did not learn from the alcohol prohibition and other occassions at all
It is addictive, but mostly Psychological. And yes its dangerous if abused, i know some childhood friends who smoked too much and .... they are really lost
As with any drug, know your limit
@@Karlosfrankos Or as we germans say "Die menge macht das Gift" "The amount makes the Poison"
You know when something loke that happens to a person it would have likely happened anyways even without drugs. Would just take a bit longer. Cannabis dont produces These psychotic episodes when you are not geneticly affected
ich habe einige Bekannte/Freunde, die ich seit Jahren kenne (mehr als 20 jahre). Die einen stürzten ab, die anderen nicht. Nicht Weed macht dich abhängig, sondern dein psychischer Zustand lässt es zu! Großer Unterschied! Sucht ist halt ein Symptom einer Depression.. die natürlich utnerscheidlich aussehen kann. Bei dem einen ist es die spielsucht, des anderen die Alkoholsucht, ein anderer ist Kaufsüchtig, anderer wieder internet/computersüchtig!
Nobod disputes that, it's just that it's a lot less dangerous than a bunch of legal drugs. It simply didn't make any sense.
Cograts to your 100k subs! I'm happy with the new highly regulation of the new german CanG (cannabis law) I can carry it, I can smoke in public ( exeptions in the law regulate this very harsh) and I am allowed to grow my own... the law is not perfect (e.g I can grow 3 plants but I can only keep 50g of product at home...how?..) but it is a big step anyways
0:48 Thank you so much for saying hello to us :D
As a 23 year old who had a few hangout times with friends before where we did smoke a little ..even before it became legalized.. i can officially say that i don‘t really think or feel much about it‘s legalization now. Like i mean as in, i think it‘s a good thing that they legalize it but i don‘t feel particularly excited about it and start an entire party now with my friends. Don‘t feel the need to smoke it at every chance i get but i think it‘s nice.
"even before it became legalized" so you admit you are a criminal?
@@DieGurke_ No sir
@@DieGurke_ Sir, that is not correct. The consumption of Marihuana was never illegal. Only the posession. Mr. kumo-aka-cronus never posessed canabis, he just took a puff from a joint someone offered him. 🙂
@@DieGurke_ consuming was never illegal..even consuming meth isnt illegal.. the POSSESION is!
Im from Germany and i smoked before the 1.4. 👀 and now🫡 and i have now 3 plants.
I'm from Germany and i smoke the GG right now while whatching the video 😁😁☘☘ greetings!
In Germany we dont say green goblin, we say broccoli 🥦
What is always forgotten in the discussion is the non-smoking-intended plants. Cannabis has been used all over the world for a long time for different things, like clothes. We could use a far more environmentally friendly, more durable and locally produced clothes instead of cotton grown with poison somwhere in the South. But that is not possible if it's basically illegal to plant the plant even if you could technically get a license for it. There is just too much struggle all around for a demand and supply environment to grow. I looked about 10 years ago and could find two shops, and every pant was above 100€. Unfortunately the new rules aren't much better for that purpose.
you were alway allowed to plant the male plants in Germany, it just is not cost effective.
Hemp is by far not a good substitute for cotton, nettle is though. Unlike hemp, nettle grows everywhere (literally EVERYWHERE in the world) like weed, because it literally is. But to get a fiber out of a plant it needs much more than just the plant. In both cases, hemp and nettle, the labor and cost are just not worth it economically. Even though nettle has so much use (shampoo, soap, food, tea, fertilizer, bug repellent, fabric dye) compared to hemp, so yeah.
I smoke since 12 years and i do a pause now for already 2 weeks and i have no issues like Withdrawal symptoms or extreme urge to smoke a spliff now. It is not addictive, but some people are not mentally strong and this can cause problems. But these people should generally not take anything that changes their state of being.
There’s a case where the officials found over 16 tons of cannabis and because of the new laws the judges aren’t sure what they should do with the boss of the group, of course it is forbidden to smuggle it and sell it on the black market but also they think about lowering the sentence to about 10 years in prison if he gets caught. Fun fact, Interpol (International Police) tried to catch him but they didn’t manage to get him but they got another one of the leaders in Peru just this year.
Is there a source for this? It sounds absolut fictional. 16,000 kg is definitely more than 50 grams and this offender remains unaffected by the amnesty. Even if a judge were to apply this, it would still be 15,999.95 kg too much. The reduction in punishment is likely to be in the hour range.
you can posses up to 50 GRAMS(!) per person.. Possesing 16 tons is still illegal! dont believe your story
I call that b.s. Possessing of more than 30/60 grams is punished with up to three years prison, in extreme cases up to five years (KCanG § 34)
the new laws wouldnt effect that in any way shape or form. 51-59grams is a misdemeanor, 60grams is already a felony with the new laws. 60g -> 16t is literally astronomical.
BS
I wish everyone a Happy 420!🎉
We can now smoke it in public, just like we can drink in public. If this system proves to be successful, the next step could be to have regulated places of sale. And just like with alcohol, it would require proof of age.
For Info. The new law make it legal to have cannabis but illegal to buy / sell. You can only get it by growing it yourself or in a club. But the bad site of the clubs is that all it's members need to be reported to the government with all personnel info plus consume of them. So all that can't or aren't willing to grow it and don't like the club report rule will go to the black market. The law is this way because of the eu. They had to approve of it too
Im from germany and use it for medical reasons since 06/23. It didnt change much for me, atleast for now.
Pharmacy is the easy way of legalisation through the back door! Soon there will be shops to get your weed. Greetings from Germany! :)
no, there wont be! Selling is banned in th whole EU. Theres a treaty thats bans it. Germany cant legalize it on their own! All Eu countries must agree to change the treaty which is unlikely to happen
@@mats7492 There will be. They found a "bypass" by using the declaration of interpretation issued in 1988 to start regional experiments. After that there is a high chance that they can legalize it nation wide. Thats also the reason why they legalize in two steps in the first place, idiot.
@@mats7492 you know Netherlands is part of EU or? ^^
@@shadowlino Selling or buying weed is NOT legal in the netherlands, contrary to popular belief! Buying it as a consumer is just tolerated and not prosecuted. The coffee shop owners also have no legal way of obtaining the weed they buy and are still very much breaking the law (NL law as well as EU law) but the NL authorities just choose not to investigate it! Look at whats happening in Amsterdam, now. The mayor is trying to shut the whole weed tourism (as well as prostitution and alcohol sales) down and uses the existing laws to do it!
Just some notes: Canabis has been minimum legal in use for all ages recreationally sinds 700 BC in Afghanistan. Also the reason why around the 2020-current it has been legalised is due to past 10 years having more than 60% of all publication published ever showing effective use for certian medical conditions and benefitst for many somatic plus some psychological outcomes.
Warm greetings from Germany. All of our weed accessory stores are sold out ❤👍🏼😍
we in germany say "the fight against the black market"(Kampf gegen den Schwarzmarkt) You can smoke it outside from 20-07 (8pm-7am) you'll often get a warning if you smoke it before, even get a fine (idk how much) you are allowed to carry 25g outside and 50g is the max you are allowed to own.
During that time you are not allowed to consume in Fußgängerzonen! Everywhere else (if there's no school, sports park, etc. in sight) its also allowed during daytime.
6:01 the time you remembered you have european viewers
So the basic idea is that you can get up to 25g a day and up to 50g per month from a social club. These clubs are for resitents only to prevent cannabis tourism. Later this year the clubs will get growing licenses and begin production (somewhere in july so the first legal harvest comes somewhere this winter) but so far you can only grow 3 plants by yourself. Therefore many people expect the black market to boom since a plug may walk around with 25g at him and sell it illegally because if no officer sees it happen the bought weed is legally in the buyers ownership. The decriminalization shall be our first step and the government already holds plans to make shops a thing and really face the black market. Consumption is limited by the age of 18 plus clubs aren't allowed to hand out more then 30g a month and stronger then 10% THC unless you're of at least 21 years. Also an addiction to cannabis is possible but not propable. There are no known cases of physical addiction mit a mental addiction in rare cases seems to appear.
Hope it is also happening in my country also. I mean it is sad just because of a plant my bather had to go in Jail for 7 years and it was horrible for me as a child to have raids and everything just because of a plant.
And its also legal in Bayern😂😂😂
🎉🎉🎉Greets from Germany!🎉🎉🎉
It took quite some time. Back around 2000 we thought cannabis would get legalised, because we had a red/Green coalition and Green is/was "The Legalise Party" Now it took over 2 year to get this law going. I myself are a cannabis activist since over 25 years.
And yet the majority of the population in Germany is against the legalisation of Cannabis. Combined with all the other decissions in this legislative periode, I think Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (not just "Green") will have seen their high point in popularity and decline for the foreseable future.
@@chrishieke1261 last year it was the other way around. All of the negative propaganda, like the fairytale of the "entry drug", by the opposition had its influence on the public opinion. But the younger people still favor the legalisation and its benefits.
@@Von_Daheim "Some" younger people might actually be correct. The urban youth (and the urban still-young-at-heart-with-greying-hair) isn't representative of the country. The legalisation is the price the German government had to pay for this coalition to work. It was opportune, but not the right decission.
@@chrishieke1261 I know people that died because of lead in the weed. Getting it under control was the right decisions, now finally there is an possibility for proper education. Not just, "it is forbidden so just don't take it" no risk management no real help just the fear of the law. And your defamatory statements show that you don't have any good arguments. Just look towards the alkohol prohibition in the US early last century and there is a proper example how not to deal with drugs. Now a century later and some people still don't get it.
we are allowed to grow 3 plants and there will be cultivation associations + strict controls, because there are rules there too. In the future, consumption on the street will only be allowed after 8 p.m. For the first few years after 18, the THC content must not exceed 10%, from 21 it can be more...
we dont have any stores to buy it, we try to pusch the black market as far as possible
Cannabis will help our society so much. the eco friendly abilities of the plant in terms of building material, clothing material etc is insane. you get 400% of papers per hectar cannabis than conventional wood. I will never have to install that nasty rockwool again too. I hope with the losening of regulations it will become easier for farmers to grow it now. Funfact: The Gutenberg Bible is written on hemp paper thous being more durable than the paper we use nowdays & Columbus sailed to the Americas on a sail ship with sails made out of hemp too!
Most people seem to forget that the political position paper from 2022 has 2 main topics. The first was "Private & communal, non-profit self-cultivation" and was achived with law a few days ago. The second one "regional model project with commercial supply chains" is planned for the near future, if it isn't stopped in the next legislative term. And I'm 100% sure there will be no SPD or Grüne being involved So let's see how it's going? I honestly would like to buy some hash bronwnies 🙂
heyo i,m a german smoking for a long time allready, and i,m also really good informed about cannabis in germany, if u where interessted into more concrete infos i could have a talk to u about it if u want so, would be happy to give the right infos to people so they dont get the wrong picture of it :D
I am very happy about the Liberalisation here in my land. I hope for all the other lands in our world, you will follow. Our Cannabis Law is very Intelligent constructed and i am with the big part of it. Now we have to solve the driver licence dilemma and other little points. But we need more Data to confirm what to do. So give us some time to evaluate them. High Five :-)
legal or not I will let my hands off this stuff!
Yap, it's like the same I do with alcohol. I'll never touch that stuff.
well I smoked before, while and will probably smoke after watching the video. greetings from aachen
As i German that followed the matter for a while i have to say it took fucking long until we have come that far.
The BBC still seems a bit aprehensive towards the cannabis law. I think this law has the potential to kickstart open discussions about cannabis in other countries as well. I'm looking forward to a world where cannabis consumers don't need to fear the state apperatus, where ever they may be. It's gonna take time and not everyone will aggree with it, but in the end the world is still moving toward more openness and integration.💚
The legal way of getting cannabis in Germany will be either growing it yourself or becoming a member of a cannabis social club. These clubs are not for consuming but for supplying. A social club can have a maximum of 500 members. You can get 50g per month but only 25g at once. Consuming at the social club is not allowed. Consuming near scools or playgrounds is not allowed and in pedestrian streets you are only allowed to consume from 8 pm until 6 am. That's pretty much it.
i had to laugh out very loud when he said "thats some bulllcrap" when he learned that the social clubs are for german residents only.
One of the reasons is the strong alcohol industry, because it's no secret that when you're stoned you have little or no desire for alcohol and that's of course a thorn in the side of the European alcohol industry. However, since we are in the information age, the alcohol industry no longer has the power it had about 30 years ago, but the governments have the biggest problem with their own production, because they can't tax it. There is no patent on cannabis that you can register because it is a natural product.
right before this video? i literally just came back in from the balcony
Smokin while watching
Yeah I come from Germany . The laws on cannabis use are sometimes confusing, contradictory and not fully developed! Some politicians have already announced that they will ban it again 🙄🤦♂️... but I think it's too late for that anyway😂😂 if they tried it now a huge shitstorm would start 
Personally growing and using weed is somewhat a grey area in international anti-drug treaties, commercially selling is a different topic. Also the Cannabis Social Clubs are somewhat agricultural cooperatives and you can’t consume it in CSCs and 100m around it. They supply their members with weed and seeds, not sure if they also can give them saplings.
Yes, finally we can legally smoke broccoli here in Germany...
for our non-german friends: In 2020 the Federal Drug Commisioner said in a press conference: "Even if alcohol is undisputedly dangerous: cannabis is no broccoli."
i don't smoke weed but i'm pro legalisation.
How do you know I smoked before this????? This is craaaazzyyyyy 😅
There will be a second cannabis law later that will establish a regulated legal market with licensed shops. For now, you need to grow it yourself... kind of... technically, once you possess it, it doesn't matter how you acquired it. Additionally, the law is applied retroactively. This means that if you cultivated it in a manner that is now deemed legal but was not when you initially did so, it is also considered fully legal. They even released people from jail because their actions are no longer deemed criminal. Note that while you can legally smoke in public, heavy fines are imposed if you smoke near children or buildings designated for children, such as schools.
The legalisation of cannabis in Germany is a big thing in drug politics, especially in Europe.
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its odd in all this back and forth about a huge topic/historical change.... nobody anywhere is talking about smokeless consumption. how much of the health issues being argued have to do with the actual method of intaking by smoking? probably a whole lot. u can make tea, hot chocolates, sprinkle it in a soup, bake it into bread, cookies, brownies. make butter out of it , mix with yoghurt. there is so much you can do and its also arguably a bigger high (if thats what youre looking for). some of the best times were had outside on a hot summer day eating brownies laughing our balls into orbit... we always kept it a special occasion.
It's a big step in the right direction because strict laws don't lead to less consumption but to taboos that complicate things, dangerous forms of consumption, harmful cuttings agents, concentrates, profits for the organized crime and terror organizations, contact with other drugs, worse prevention of usage, altered lifes by court sentences for a victim-less crime, costs for the whole system, isolation and prejudices. People need intervention when they have a problem with it and then it's a case for the health system, not for the courts.
It actually does lead to a lot less consumption. The reason to legalize it is to accept more consumers, but in turn they want to damage criminal organisations and offer help for people who struggle with it
@@staying_substantially6186 Why do you think it does?
@@FloIstMoep why? Because it is much more difficult to access. Just think logically.... much more people are less motivated to actually do it. Especially new people are not willing to break the law and go to prison only to try it out. Many of course are still going to do it, but it will reduce the max amount of consumers. Nonetheless I just explained you the benefit of legalizing it anyway or at least the idea behind. No one legalizes drugs to reduce the amount of consumers :D That is absolutely contradicting itself
@@staying_substantially6186 It seems like a logical conclusion that strict cannabis laws lead to less consumption, but there is no such effect: "The legal impact hypothesis, in its simplest form, predicts that increased penalties will decrease drug use and reduced penalties will increase drug use. However, in the original analysis and an updated version (Figure 4), mapping data relevant to the policy changes in Table 3, no simple association could be found between legal changes and the prevalence of cannabis use." (EMCDDA 2023, p. 24) That's what the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) started to investigate in 2011 and since then it has been validated by studies around the world. From a psychological point of view, illegal drug use is associated with criminality which leads to the projection that drug users are criminals. And criminals have to be dealt with by the law. The problem behind this is that there is no evaluation in such a system, in fact it becomes harder to get to facts when there are legal consequences and laws tend to become stricter. That is a simple and easy to use mechanism for politicians. But it comes at a high cost.
@@staying_substantially6186 "The legal impact hypothesis, in its simplest form, predicts that increased penalties will decrease drug use and reduced penalties will increase drug use. However, in the original analysis and an updated version (Figure 4), mapping data relevant to the policy changes in Table 3, no simple association could be found between legal changes and the prevalence of cannabis use." EMCDDA 2023
Its only a part legalisation because of International right. UN and EU do not allow any new drugs to be legalised. Thats why you cant sell it.
1:03 i'm always smoking the za before your videos, and now i just do it legally :D
you damn ex-criminal you!
Still waiting for my seeds : ( Grew a single plant ~20 years ago. That's when I smoked the last time. Smoking is not my cup of tea anymore. I'll grow 1-2 plants and make some Lemoncake with it. And 1 or 2 weekends per year, I will sit down on a Saturday, have some "special" Lemoncake, order Pizza, and watch some funny movies. : )
yeah Dresden my town
American is setting a trend, at least for Europe. There are moves to relax regulations for psychedelic drugs for therapeutical use, which have gone into phase 2 testing (tests on human participants) in America. Europe is expected to follow on that, a couple of years later, which is the way it often goes with medicinal drugs.
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oh no these eyes. these horrible red eyes. just side effects from the green goblin
You caught me 😶 i actually smoked one 5mins before i watch this Video 😅
Fun fact: "Hallo" in German Means "Hello" in Englisch
You could always smoke it legally in germany, only possession, selling or growing it was illegal. You might think, that smoking it without possessing might be quite difficult. but if you found let's say a burning joint squeezed into a tree branch and would take a whiff or two without taking possession, then it would have been perfectly legal. Only thing that changed, is that now also possession of up to 25g in public and 50g at home is legally allowed. And people are alllowed to grow it by themselves with up to 3 blooming plants per person. Selling or gifting to another person is still illegal though.
Selling is not allowed. You can keep 50 g at home , 25 g at Home and 3 plants per Person.
Damn, my cousin just gone these days to Amsterdam for vacation. She could have spared the money for the flight by just going' to Munich by car, cause it's only 250 mi from Graz🤣
7:43 The map is inacurrate - writing as smoking weed legally buyed in Poland. You just need to pay for medical perscritpion for each 15g.
Prohibition is saying: I don't like it, so you can't have it. For matters, you are not affected by, i find it to be morally foul.
The world moving on roughly the same time line on legalisation of weed makes a lot of sense if you look at the past decade. 😂
Acutally you can grow at home or get a receipt from online doc.. then buy at dispensary.. but selling is forbidden.. i mean we are germans.. we always do it the in a weird way :D