07/06/2024  BEN STEVENS

Reporting from Ben Stevens and Alex Khourdaji

The German Bundestag has voted to pass a string of amendments to its landmark cannabis act, just two months after it was officially implemented.

At 11pm last night (June 06), the German federal parliament (Bundestag) voted on a number of key adjustments to the law, one regarding THC limits for drivers, another giving states further scope to regulate cultivation associations, which are set to be launched in July.

Business of Cannabis reported earlier this week that two expert hearings had been held on the amendments, seeing an impassioned debate continue to rage over the future of Germany’s cannabis liberalisation project.

After promising the Federal states more control in a ‘protocol statement’ in a last ditch effort to push CanG over the finish line, the bill architect, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, has now made good on his promise.

Driving and THC

 

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