Overview

• University teams from Hamburg-Eppendorf, Düsseldorf and Tübingen presented the first assessment roughly 18 months after partial legalization.
• The report says the illegal market remains largely intact, with overall demand estimated at 700 to 1,000 tonnes and clubs currently covering about 0.1 percent.
• Most users reported sourcing via online prescriptions and pharmacies (43.7 percent) or home cultivation (35.1 percent).
• Police and courts were relieved as recorded cannabis-related offences dropped by an estimated 60 to 80 percent.
• Health Minister Nina Warken is seeking to ban online prescribing and shipping of cannabis, while Thuringia’s premier Mario Voigt called for abolishing the law.