Overview

• North Rhine-Westphalia authorities approved 76 non-commercial cannabis cultivation clubs nearly a year after applications opened, with 85 proposals still under review.
• Bavaria’s cautious rollout has produced eight club approvals, two rejections and 21 pending applications as officials enforce bans on public consumption at festivals, beer gardens and selected parks.
• Cannabis Social Club Bamberg secured a license for communal cultivation, marking the city’s first approved association under Bavaria’s strict regulatory framework.
• Munich prosecutors dropped activist Wenzel Cerveny’s trial for pre-legalization cannabis sales, though he now faces a larger case over almost 1,500 seized cannabis seedlings.
• The federal coalition agreement calls for an open evaluation of the partial legalization law in autumn 2025 to examine its outcomes and guide future policy decisions.