Overview

• The motion is on Friday’s Bundesrat agenda for referral to committees, with Hesse to set its vote after coalition talks in Wiesbaden.
• Brandenburg and Thuringia seek a clear nationwide prohibition on driving after combined cannabis and alcohol use.
• Hesse’s interior minister Roman Poseck warns that mixed consumption impairs judgment unpredictably and backs stricter limits in principle.
• Poseck rejects the 3.5 ng/ml THC threshold introduced with partial legalization and calls for waiting for the agreed federal review.
• Current rules allow driving below 3.5 ng/ml THC and 0.5‰ alcohol, though novice drivers face zero tolerance; Hesse reports about 5% of 2024 crashes involved alcohol or other drugs with over 1,100 injury cases.