Overview
- Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt denounced the law as a “richtiges Scheißgesetz,” alleging it opened the door to criminal drug trafficking and increased use.
- Health Minister Nina Warken argues possession caps are too high and school‑distance consumption rules are impractical to enforce, urging tighter limits.
- SPD health spokesman Christos Pantazis calls the reform a health‑policy shift focused on prevention and youth protection, signals openness to targeted fixes, and criticizes Dobrindt’s language.
- Addiction researcher Bernd Werse reports only a slight adult uptick and continued declines among youth, fewer user‑related criminal cases, and some migration to legal supply, while a separate report finds cultivation clubs have not displaced the black market.
- No changes to the recreational law have been enacted; any tightening needs coalition agreement as the 2028 evaluation proceeds, and the cabinet has moved to ban mail‑order medical cannabis with in‑person doctor visits required before prescriptions.