Marijuana Moment
German officials are convening a multi-national conference where leaders will share their experiences with legalizing and regulating marijuana, with a focus on public health and mitigating the illicit market. At the same time, however, certain parties within Germany are pushing to overturn the country’s recently enacted cannabis legalization law.
Representatives from Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Switzerland were invited by German Commissioner for Addiction and Drug Issues Burkhard Blienert to the meeting in Berlin on Monday and Tuesday to “exchange experiences in regulating cannabis for non-medical purposes.”
This is the third year in a row that the European nations have held a marijuana-centered “international ministerial.” And it comes as Germany continues to implement its own legalization law that took effect in April, with plans to eventually expand to allow a commercial market pilot program.
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