Overview

• Brandenburg and Thuringia have put a motion for a nationwide prohibition on mixed cannabis–alcohol driving before the Bundesrat, which scheduled committee deliberations for Friday.
• Hesse’s interior minister Roman Poseck supports tougher treatment of mixed-use drivers, calls the behavior irresponsible, and personally questions the increase to a 3.5 ng/ml THC limit.
• Saxony reports 102 road crashes with suspected mixed consumption since April 2024 and says the proposal’s details require further coordination.
• Current law sets a 3.5 ng/ml THC threshold that triggers a €500 fine, a one‑month driving ban, and two points, with zero tolerance for novice drivers and higher fines when alcohol is also involved.
• Under existing rules, drivers below 3.5 ng/ml THC and under 0.5‰ blood alcohol may still drive, a framework several states now want to replace with a general mixed‑use ban.