German lawmakers have reached an agreement to revise a cannabis legalization bill, relaxing certain provisions that were challenged by cannabis reform supporters and setting the stage for a final vote in the national parliament next week.
Advocates were disappointed when a planned vote in the Bundestag was postponed last week, but there’s renewed optimism that the legislation, as agreed upon by the traffic light coalition, will advance, with legalization proposed to come into effect next spring.
A Green Party lawmaker, Kirsten Kappert-Gonther, said on Monday that following “intensive negotiations,” the bill is being changed in several key ways that will “make the law even better,” according to a translation.
“In the negotiations, we managed to find practical regulations that guarantee the protection of young people and health and make the decriminalization of adult consumers a reality,” she said.
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