Since April 1, cannabis has been removed from the list of prohibited substances. Now adults are allowed to carry 25 grams of "weed", store up to 50 grams at home and grow up to three bushes for personal purposes, reports DW.
Marijuana can be smoked in public places, but only if there are no schools, kindergartens, playgrounds, youth and sports facilities nearby.
It is forbidden to smoke weed while driving a car, as well as to import it from abroad.
When passing the law, the government talked about tax revenues for the budget, reducing crime and improving the quality of the product, which is often mixed with dangerous impurities on the black market.
The union of German doctors, the association of pediatricians, the union of police officers and the union of judges, as well as various associations of school teachers, were categorically against. They talked about the danger to mental development, especially in young people, and the risk of switching from soft to hard drugs.
