Overview

• Thuringian Minister-President Mario Voigt said the cannabis law “does not work” and should be abolished.
• Voigt dismissed the need to await the planned evaluation and argued against trying to fine-tune the law.
• Germany’s law allows consumption and home cultivation under numerous conditions introduced by the previous coalition.
• An open-ended evaluation was mandated in the law and agreed by the Union and SPD in their coalition contract.
• Medical and criminology researchers in Berlin are presenting initial findings on youth protection and possession limits in a project funded by the Federal Ministry of Health.