I like this attitude of „if you can’t prohibit it, at least regulate it.“ It’s an acceptance of the human nature.

Bavaria bans cannabis at the Oktoberfest. Drinking yourself into a coma is ok! 🙄🤦

Well, the hole world basically banned cannabis because of a career-obsessed US official.

You can't sell it or give it to someone for free for now. You can only grow your own cannabis. So all weed smoked during the last days of cause grew and was harvested in just a few days.

Why was hemp illegal in the US? - Because the Hemp plant grow fast and cheap and you can make paper out of the plant what annoyed the wood industry. You can make clothing, fabric from the plant and that annoys the cotton industry. You can make sails and ropes for boats that are salt water resistance and cheap and that annoys (in combination with fabric) Dupont who wanted to sell their synthetic materials. And because the prohibition just ended and all the Agends from the Drug and Alcohols Department / FBI / whatever Agency was involved in hunting the Alcoholimporters, drinkers and manufacturers needed some new task or they would lose their job. Same reason why they didn't forbid it under the english name hemp but the devilish foreign spanish name Mariuana/Cannabis

The reality is that cannabis prohibition is working just as well as prohibition did in the United States in the early 20th century.

To answer the main rules for Cannabis in Germany: - You can own up to 50g somewhere locked in your home (only 25g if you're between 18-25 years old) - You can carry up to 25g in your pcokets while walking down the street. - You have to stay away 100 meters form Schools and Playgrounds while smoking it. - You can have up to 3 plants simultaneous (if you produce more than 50g you have to destroy what's too much) - You aren't allowed to give your stuff to someone else - Buying and selling it is still illegal, you are supposed to join a club (growing community) with max. 500 members where you can get up 25g a day and 50g a month. But aren't allowed to smoke inside or in a range 100 meters around the Club (only 25g if you're between 18-25 years old) In the future you'll be able to buy it in certified stores, just like in the Netherlands. Medical cannabis was already legal for some years and with a good Doctor you could get a prescription, but the stuff costs roughly twice as much as you'd pay on the street .... the THC levels of the mediacl stff are out of this world tho. Side note: ATM you smell less Weed in the streets than before the legalisation.

Bavaria is the strictest state in Germany. Bavaria has now trained a new police force to take action against people who have more than 25g of cannabis or who are under 18. You can go to prison for up to 5 years without a chance of reinforcement. Smoking is also prohibited within 100m of playgrounds, daycare centers, kindergartens, etc. That's funny because in Bavaria you can just buy a crate of beer and sit on the playground bench and drink the entire crate in front of all the children. And not just beer, we can do that with any alcohol. It gets even funnier because it's not a misdemeanor if you pull a line of cocaine that was laid to you by someone else, even in front of children.

I smoked weed for so many years. Some month ago I stopped. I thought I would be one of the people at Brandenburg gate, but I am not interested in all this anymore. But I still think it is a good thing to protect younger people. And the people are consuming clean products.

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Marihuana has been tollerated here in the Netherlands for a long time, longer than I (a 34 year old) can remember. And there are coffeeshops ( thats what they call places where they sell marihuana) in a lot of cities, towns and villages. To me its kind of similar to drinking alcohol but in a smoke form. You need to be aware of the downsides, but there is no harm in responsible use of it by itself. *Edit I have checked and there have been "coffeeshops" selling canabis over here since 1976.

It is legal to smoke, just not in certain places, such as the hospital and in a larger radius around children's facilities such as playgrounds, schools and kindergartens. You can only smoke what you have grown yourself. That means it can't be sold. However, you can keep up to 3 plants yourself and the personal consumption that you can travel with is 25g. (Which in itself is a huge amount!)

I did smoke the green goblin right before watching this video. I’m from Germany enjoying your enthusiasm for Germany 🇩🇪

Canada legalised the cultivation, possession, acquisition, and consumption of cannabis and its by-products in 2018.

well done Germany , Did you know, the UK is the largest manufacturer and exporter of medicinal cannabis in the world????? and yet illegal for the populus to grow our own.....I wonder why?????

Selling is still illegal, giving it away probably also, the whole thing is not as cut and dry as we would like it, but it is a huge step in the right direction. Jailing people for getting high, the height of absurdity, is now pretty difficult, rather than a get-into-jailsystem-free card.

my god, "comparable to alcohol". What a trigger.

I just stopped (normal!) smoking. And I have no interests to begin smoking cannabis now. Years ago I tried it once. It had absolutely no effect on me. So I didn't do it again. 💖🙂

"where do you buy it" Well, thats the catch, u cant legally buy it since it cant be sold in stores so thats what social clubs are for. Welcome to Germany

The war on cannabis in the USA was largely promoted by lobbyists from the major alcohol industry. Because most people who use cannabis drink less alcohol. And that would have reduced alcohol sales.

Thank you Ryan. Im from Germany. Near Cologne. And love your Channel so mutch. ❤ Thanks for your Content❤

As a Swiss guy living right at the border I am curious about how this will turn out, and what other countries will do. Even though I don't smoke weed (tried it, but it just isn't my thing), I think some actual rules are way better than this "illegal, but barely enforced crap" other countries do. This gives us a clear definition of what is right and what's wrong, so as a law abiding citizen you get an idea of what you can and cannot do. The numbers themselves can and probably will cause a lot of discussion, but at least they are a clearer and more scientific system than whether or not a cop thinks you're a dealer or not

Very interesting reaction. Throughout the video you commented how much you wonder about US influence towards prohibition. In fact in the treaty after ww1 Germany did under supervision of the US, Germany was forced by the US to enforce the prohibition within a few months or face a war declaration. Until then drugs had been a huge aspect of German culture. That's one reason why Germany invented Heroin, Crystal Meth, LSD etc. The fact that we don't legalize fully is bound to EU laws (which have been influenced by the US as well) and the mentioned treaty, which is theoretically still valid. Overall, that the world is allowed to make steps to legalize is caused by the late changes in the US. Your observation towards that is historically evident and correct.

I am not using cannabis but I think it is worth this experiment. The stoner now have the chance to proof that their are capable to hold on to the rules. If the experiment shows that their are not following the rules, than this new law will be revoked quickly.

The pressure from the population and the many clubs became too great. Our government was a little late with this. It should have been decriminalized earlier. As a result, around 150,000 emails were sent to all the responsible members of parliament within a few days. And then, of course, there was the pressure via social media.

Now I can grow my own weed in my own home. Legally. It's beautiful and I will obviously keep within the limits of three plants and 50g of dried weed. Those limitations are very sensible and are there for my protection. Thank you government, for protecting me from too much of my home grown cannabis. A sensible precaution and I am a very sensible man. No need to check on me either. Would be a total waste of time.

I took 20g hash in a cop car before a few days. They did know that, and it was the best feeling in my life. They were completely chill and just told me that they were happy that they don't need to make any problems because of that. And just drove me to my destination, that was happily not the police department.

2:55 not sure if that can be translated properly. a club might be the wrong translation. its more like an association of people to allow them to grow for every member in one play. so 10 people join together and then they can grow 30 plants in one garden. something like that.

So to get a little bit deeper into this. We are allowed to grow it on our own now. 3 plants. 25g of weed is allowed to carry for private use only. When you don´t want to grow it by yourself, you can join "social clubs" - you need to be part of a club, you need to be 18 and you need to be a german citizen. While being part of a club you need to pay a membership fee. This fee is just for manufacturing, these clubs aren´t allowed to make provit. And you can just join one single club and have to wait 3 months, if you want to join another one. Correct me if i´m wrong, been writing this from my mind 😆

Well, it was also 'Murica which enforced to forbid Cannabis in all allied and occupied countries. So it is not surprising that it now goes the other way. US did not learn from the alcohol prohibition and other occassions at all

0:49 hahaha, I literally was xD Eating breakfast now on you where on my starting page with this one :D Greetings from Germany :D EDIT: And to the topic with strengthening the black market: That's the reason why this is just a first step, a decriminalization. A full legalisation must follow to regulate legal production, selling and with it taxation. The problem is, that the EU law must be changed, to make this happen. Selling drugs through the state/companies/public is prohibited in EU law (iirc), so that must change, to sell it legally in Germany. The Netherlands with their coffe shops pay a high fine every year (at least I read sth like that). Nice reaction again!

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We can now smoke it in public, just like we can drink in public. If this system proves to be successful, the next step could be to have regulated places of sale. And just like with alcohol, it would require proof of age.

As a 23 year old who had a few hangout times with friends before where we did smoke a little ..even before it became legalized.. i can officially say that i don‘t really think or feel much about it‘s legalization now. Like i mean as in, i think it‘s a good thing that they legalize it but i don‘t feel particularly excited about it and start an entire party now with my friends. Don‘t feel the need to smoke it at every chance i get but i think it‘s nice.

I am very happy. For now I am waiting for my first harvest, no more black market! They allow me 3 plants, this is more than I ever hoped for. Every component you could need is sold out atm. Shops hat closed the orders. I will harvest below 1€/g this is amazing!

Im from germany and use it for medical reasons since 06/23. It didnt change much for me, atleast for now.

For Info. The new law make it legal to have cannabis but illegal to buy / sell. You can only get it by growing it yourself or in a club. But the bad site of the clubs is that all it's members need to be reported to the government with all personnel info plus consume of them. So all that can't or aren't willing to grow it and don't like the club report rule will go to the black market. The law is this way because of the eu. They had to approve of it too

It is addictive, but mostly Psychological. And yes its dangerous if abused, i know some childhood friends who smoked too much and .... they are really lost

Just some notes: Canabis has been minimum legal in use for all ages recreationally sinds 700 BC in Afghanistan. Also the reason why around the 2020-current it has been legalised is due to past 10 years having more than 60% of all publication published ever showing effective use for certian medical conditions and benefitst for many somatic plus some psychological outcomes.

What is always forgotten in the discussion is the non-smoking-intended plants. Cannabis has been used all over the world for a long time for different things, like clothes. We could use a far more environmentally friendly, more durable and locally produced clothes instead of cotton grown with poison somwhere in the South. But that is not possible if it's basically illegal to plant the plant even if you could technically get a license for it. There is just too much struggle all around for a demand and supply environment to grow. I looked about 10 years ago and could find two shops, and every pant was above 100€. Unfortunately the new rules aren't much better for that purpose.

we are allowed to grow 3 plants and there will be cultivation associations + strict controls, because there are rules there too. In the future, consumption on the street will only be allowed after 8 p.m. For the first few years after 18, the THC content must not exceed 10%, from 21 it can be more...

we in germany say "the fight against the black market"(Kampf gegen den Schwarzmarkt) You can smoke it outside from 20-07 (8pm-7am) you'll often get a warning if you smoke it before, even get a fine (idk how much) you are allowed to carry 25g outside and 50g is the max you are allowed to own.

I wish everyone a Happy 420!🎉

I'm from Germany and i smoke the GG right now while whatching the video 😁😁☘☘ greetings!

Warm greetings from Germany. All of our weed accessory stores are sold out ❤👍🏼😍

The "DeutscherHanfVerband" Channel on KZfaq has a map in his backround with all legal Countrys.

0:48 Thank you so much for saying hello to us :D

I smoke since 12 years and i do a pause now for already 2 weeks and i have no issues like Withdrawal symptoms or extreme urge to smoke a spliff now. It is not addictive, but some people are not mentally strong and this can cause problems. But these people should generally not take anything that changes their state of being.

There’s a case where the officials found over 16 tons of cannabis and because of the new laws the judges aren’t sure what they should do with the boss of the group, of course it is forbidden to smuggle it and sell it on the black market but also they think about lowering the sentence to about 10 years in prison if he gets caught. Fun fact, Interpol (International Police) tried to catch him but they didn’t manage to get him but they got another one of the leaders in Peru just this year.

As i German that followed the matter for a while i have to say it took fucking long until we have come that far.

Yeah I come from Germany . The laws on cannabis use are sometimes confusing, contradictory and not fully developed! Some politicians have already announced that they will ban it again 🙄🤦‍♂️... but I think it's too late for that anyway😂😂 if they tried it now a huge shitstorm would start 

In Germany we dont say green goblin, we say broccoli 🥦

Cannabis will help our society so much. the eco friendly abilities of the plant in terms of building material, clothing material etc is insane. you get 400% of papers per hectar cannabis than conventional wood. I will never have to install that nasty rockwool again too. I hope with the losening of regulations it will become easier for farmers to grow it now. Funfact: The Gutenberg Bible is written on hemp paper thous being more durable than the paper we use nowdays & Columbus sailed to the Americas on a sail ship with sails made out of hemp too!

So the basic idea is that you can get up to 25g a day and up to 50g per month from a social club. These clubs are for resitents only to prevent cannabis tourism. Later this year the clubs will get growing licenses and begin production (somewhere in july so the first legal harvest comes somewhere this winter) but so far you can only grow 3 plants by yourself. Therefore many people expect the black market to boom since a plug may walk around with 25g at him and sell it illegally because if no officer sees it happen the bought weed is legally in the buyers ownership. The decriminalization shall be our first step and the government already holds plans to make shops a thing and really face the black market. Consumption is limited by the age of 18 plus clubs aren't allowed to hand out more then 30g a month and stronger then 10% THC unless you're of at least 21 years. Also an addiction to cannabis is possible but not propable. There are no known cases of physical addiction mit a mental addiction in rare cases seems to appear.

🎉🎉🎉Greets from Germany!🎉🎉🎉

Im from Germany and i smoked before the 1.4. 👀 and now🫡 and i have now 3 plants.

The legal way of getting cannabis in Germany will be either growing it yourself or becoming a member of a cannabis social club. These clubs are not for consuming but for supplying. A social club can have a maximum of 500 members. You can get 50g per month but only 25g at once. Consuming at the social club is not allowed. Consuming near scools or playgrounds is not allowed and in pedestrian streets you are only allowed to consume from 8 pm until 6 am. That's pretty much it.

heyo i,m a german smoking for a long time allready, and i,m also really good informed about cannabis in germany, if u where interessted into more concrete infos i could have a talk to u about it if u want so, would be happy to give the right infos to people so they dont get the wrong picture of it :D

Cograts to your 100k subs! I'm happy with the new highly regulation of the new german CanG (cannabis law) I can carry it, I can smoke in public ( exeptions in the law regulate this very harsh) and I am allowed to grow my own... the law is not perfect (e.g I can grow 3 plants but I can only keep 50g of product at home...how?..) but it is a big step anyways

And its also legal in Bayern😂😂😂

we dont have any stores to buy it, we try to pusch the black market as far as possible

Selling is not allowed. You can keep 50 g at home , 25 g at Home and 3 plants per Person.

legal or not I will let my hands off this stuff!

Growing Germany 🎉❤

Pharmacy is the easy way of legalisation through the back door! Soon there will be shops to get your weed. Greetings from Germany! :)

i don't smoke weed but i'm pro legalisation.

6:01 the time you remembered you have european viewers

Its only a part legalisation because of International right. UN and EU do not allow any new drugs to be legalised. Thats why you cant sell it.

Personally growing and using weed is somewhat a grey area in international anti-drug treaties, commercially selling is a different topic. Also the Cannabis Social Clubs are somewhat agricultural cooperatives and you can’t consume it in CSCs and 100m around it. They supply their members with weed and seeds, not sure if they also can give them saplings.

One of the reasons is the strong alcohol industry, because it's no secret that when you're stoned you have little or no desire for alcohol and that's of course a thorn in the side of the European alcohol industry. However, since we are in the information age, the alcohol industry no longer has the power it had about 30 years ago, but the governments have the biggest problem with their own production, because they can't tax it. There is no patent on cannabis that you can register because it is a natural product.

i had to laugh out very loud when he said "thats some bulllcrap" when he learned that the social clubs are for german residents only.

You could always smoke it legally in germany, only possession, selling or growing it was illegal. You might think, that smoking it without possessing might be quite difficult. but if you found let's say a burning joint squeezed into a tree branch and would take a whiff or two without taking possession, then it would have been perfectly legal. Only thing that changed, is that now also possession of up to 25g in public and 50g at home is legally allowed. And people are alllowed to grow it by themselves with up to 3 blooming plants per person. Selling or gifting to another person is still illegal though.

The legalisation of cannabis in Germany is a big thing in drug politics, especially in Europe.

Smokin while watching

well I smoked before, while and will probably smoke after watching the video. greetings from aachen

I am very happy about the Liberalisation here in my land. I hope for all the other lands in our world, you will follow. Our Cannabis Law is very Intelligent constructed and i am with the big part of it. Now we have to solve the driver licence dilemma and other little points. But we need more Data to confirm what to do. So give us some time to evaluate them. High Five :-)

I consider myself more traditional and conservative on some topics, but weed legalization is a logic and good thing

Prohibition is saying: I don't like it, so you can't have it. For matters, you are not affected by, i find it to be morally foul.

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There will be a second cannabis law later that will establish a regulated legal market with licensed shops. For now, you need to grow it yourself... kind of... technically, once you possess it, it doesn't matter how you acquired it. Additionally, the law is applied retroactively. This means that if you cultivated it in a manner that is now deemed legal but was not when you initially did so, it is also considered fully legal. They even released people from jail because their actions are no longer deemed criminal. Note that while you can legally smoke in public, heavy fines are imposed if you smoke near children or buildings designated for children, such as schools.

Hope it is also happening in my country also. I mean it is sad just because of a plant my bather had to go in Jail for 7 years and it was horrible for me as a child to have raids and everything just because of a plant.

American is setting a trend, at least for Europe. There are moves to relax regulations for psychedelic drugs for therapeutical use, which have gone into phase 2 testing (tests on human participants) in America. Europe is expected to follow on that, a couple of years later, which is the way it often goes with medicinal drugs.

its odd in all this back and forth about a huge topic/historical change.... nobody anywhere is talking about smokeless consumption. how much of the health issues being argued have to do with the actual method of intaking by smoking? probably a whole lot. u can make tea, hot chocolates, sprinkle it in a soup, bake it into bread, cookies, brownies. make butter out of it , mix with yoghurt. there is so much you can do and its also arguably a bigger high (if thats what youre looking for). some of the best times were had outside on a hot summer day eating brownies laughing our balls into orbit... we always kept it a special occasion.

Who smoked? Me 😊 And I grow my stuff now on my own. That is really great and I can smoke on my balcony without the fear of being criminalized

Most people seem to forget that the political position paper from 2022 has 2 main topics. The first was "Private & communal, non-profit self-cultivation" and was achived with law a few days ago. The second one "regional model project with commercial supply chains" is planned for the near future, if it isn't stopped in the next legislative term. And I'm 100% sure there will be no SPD or Grüne being involved So let's see how it's going? I honestly would like to buy some hash bronwnies 🙂

I‘m from Germany and Yes you can buy from Shops but the Shops has to Grow it By him self in a Safe Controlled space . The Shops Are Socialised meens socialsclubs . It isnt aloud that they urn Money for him self you understand . You also Cant smoke in the Club ! You just could buy it There for a Self Price and tanke it Home ! Also is it aloud to grow 3 plants for every who Are 18

It took quite some time. Back around 2000 we thought cannabis would get legalised, because we had a red/Green coalition and Green is/was "The Legalise Party" Now it took over 2 year to get this law going. I myself are a cannabis activist since over 25 years.

Yes, finally we can legally smoke broccoli here in Germany...

Possession and consumption of 25g is permitted. But the purchase is still illegal. You are only allowed to own two plants.

11:30 no actually while it is intuitive, that doesn't mean that it's a logical necessity.

Smoking and watching - in Germany 😉

7:43 The map is inacurrate - writing as smoking weed legally buyed in Poland. You just need to pay for medical perscritpion for each 15g.

Still illegal in Australia, prescription medical marijuana technically legal but hard to get

No buying. No consumption in and 200m around "social" clubs. No consumption less than 100m from schools, kindergartens, playgrounds and sport activity facilities. Cought being closer will cost € 500,- For more answers please enquire...

Only grow 3 Plants at a time. At Home you can have 50g of dryed weed. You can smoke outside, Not close to staate Buildings Schools etc. Its a step in the Right Direktion.

Not a regular smoker here: First I am happy that cannabis users are not criminalized anymore. But the new law isn't making much sense to me.. 1. Why am I allowed to own 50g and grow 3 plants (with one harvest u will be a criminal ) ? 2. Why is there a limit for my home at all? People are allowed to store wine and beer like they want in their basement. Why making a difference with a drug that is less harmful? 3. Why can't I share my harvest with friends at my home? Why can't I share my weed with friends? I get why it's forbidden to sell weed. That makes sense, but just sharing with familymembers and friends is illegal. That makes no sense at all. 4. Why is it forbidden so smoke in the cannabis clubs (that are +18)? Where would it make more sense than there? I was so happy on April the first when the law became the new standard.. but we are still on our way to change things. It's over regulated. Germans I guess.. Also we have to defend our new right. The conservative parties will not stop trying to reverse that important step.

we did it bois

Still waiting for my seeds : ( Grew a single plant ~20 years ago. That's when I smoked the last time. Smoking is not my cup of tea anymore. I'll grow 1-2 plants and make some Lemoncake with it. And 1 or 2 weekends per year, I will sit down on a Saturday, have some "special" Lemoncake, order Pizza, and watch some funny movies. : )

The BBC still seems a bit aprehensive towards the cannabis law. I think this law has the potential to kickstart open discussions about cannabis in other countries as well. I'm looking forward to a world where cannabis consumers don't need to fear the state apperatus, where ever they may be. It's gonna take time and not everyone will aggree with it, but in the end the world is still moving toward more openness and integration.💚

In 1980 it was more, in effektiv. legal in Amsterdam than now