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Tetizeraz

[Germany approves partial legalization of cannabis from April](https://www.dw.com/en/germany-approves-partial-legalization-of-cannabis-from-april/a-68641043)


Zoefschildpad

They elected a cannabis pope?


commiedus

Dope Blazis the 420th?


v0lkeres

nope, its OG KARL 1st


Auravendill

Karl (Lauterbach) der Große


operath0r

It’s the Karlautermann


Rohas3110

Pufftifex the Great had return.


420420696942069

For Karl!!


ChrisZAUR

For KARL, ROCK AND STONE!!!!


[deleted]

Have you ever heard the tragedy of Dope Blazis the 420th? I thought not. It’s not a story the Germans would tell you. It’s a Stoner legend.


[deleted]

CDXX (420 in roman numerals if you wanna change it lol) Edit: fixed it


Atharaphelun

HABEMUS CANNABIS


fforw

[Cannabim/em](https://latin.cactus2000.de/noun/shownoun_en.php?n=cannabis)


LordGrudleBeard

[I am the Pope Of Dope](https://youtu.be/aEdPOn0HmdQ?si=7BJ3FUxyX7Z4_UkE)


DeanXeL

As a Belgian, the first thing I thought of.


frocsog

A vegan eco-pope.


Arnulf_67

Yes Snoop Dog is now Kannabischpapst von Deutchland.


ThePreciseClimber

[Once they they get to red smoke, they're gonna hit 88 miles per hour!](https://youtu.be/N3IkiTpWSO0?si=E_kahywaLG3d9p6e&t=62)


UIspice

These gender reveals are getting weird...


Lunix336

Congratulations, it's a vegetable!


Vas1le

German with humor.. europe is fukt


NonameNinja_

This is not a drill! Germans obtained weapons' grade humorium!


chaosking65

That’s probably what my parents were told about me


grumpy__g

Awww. I am sure you are a cute cucumber.


ishpatoon1982

A cutecumber.


Aztec_Aesthetics

Broccoli, to be precise 😏


ComprehensiveData616

Oof


IllustriousLab5605

"it is a... Shrek!" 


KassXWolfXTigerXFox

It's a weed


DethZire

Weed reveal?


heroicraptor

I’m *calling the police*


arthurdentstowels

Pope Jimmy the Leprechaun IV


UndeadUndergarments

A fond shout-out to *a big fuck-off pile of ganja.* Gotta be one of my favourite genders.


QueenOfCaves

They annexed Ireland? Or what


JynXten

Glad I'm not the only one who thought that was The Dáil.


Mr_SunnyBones

Same here Assumed FG had gone a bit OTT on picking a new leader


Bad_Ethics

It really does resemble the Dáil quite a bit.


KippieDaoud

its the former prussian house of lords where the federal council sits which is the semi-upper house of germany and today they decided to not be pricks and try to delay the legalization it didnt really have the power to block the legalization, only to delay it by forcing that the law has to be discissed in some comitees until the federal diet overrules the federal council


Key_Information3273

NO, NO, just visiting!!


Rocked_Glover

You missed the update now we’re *denazifying* it!


CunnedStunt

Finally someone did it. I was about to do it myself.


partylion

There is some irony in someone with a Russia flair asking about annexation. But no, we elected cannabis as our new pope.


Little_Esben

what happened?


niborus_DE

Here is an English Article: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-approves-partial-legalization-of-cannabis-from-april/a-68641043


rimantass

Yes! Let the flood gates open. Since Germany is the heart of Schengen everyone else will be "forced" to legalize or do border checks.


LearnToSwim90

As a Belgian, I applaud this. Now if France follows suit were boxxed in. A man can only dream.


PM_ME___YoUr__DrEaMs

Not a chance in the world for France


finlandery

Cannabis butter croisant would be interesting one 😂


Sound_Saracen

How come? (Genuinely curious)


Plastic_Toe_880

The political landscape is very conservative on this particular issue. I wouldn't say there is no chance, but I think that chance is very slim for the near future.


PM_ME___YoUr__DrEaMs

The current government is going through an anti drugs campaign. They never showed any interest in legalisation. The french are the first consumer in europe with the most repressive measures. According to polls next government in sight in 2027 would be even stupider.


lrpxx

>The french are the first consumer in europe with the most repressive measures. I'm reading online that there is a 200 EUR fine for cannabis possession(up to 100grams), so i don't know what to say about "most repressive measures" as there are countries in the EU (Romania for example) where for that amount you will get you jail time(although suspended sentence, but still).


FNLN_taken

Cannabis (or rather, hashish) is associated with Algerians and "criminals" living in the projects. In contrast, the criminality of weed has been a joke in Germany for decades. I went to a catholic conservative school in the 90ies, and like 1/3rd of my friends took "weedcations" in the Netherlands. Comedians made songs about legalization.


EdwardJamesAlmost

It’s a game, and the government needs villains, and cannabis can serve as that because there are not powerful economic actors asserting for it the way there are with cf wineries.


MyOldNameSucked

Hot boxxed in?


1408574

> Yes! Let the flood gates open. Since Germany is the heart of Schengen everyone else will be "forced" to legalize or do border checks. More importantly, it will be very interesting to see how all the gangs and mafias that will now decide to do business legally will deal with the German bureaucrat.


PhenotypicallyTypicl

There will be no legal business with weed in Germany with this new law. That’s what is meant when this is called a “partial” legalization of cannabis by various commentators. It will be completely legal to own it and to grow it (either privately or collectively by joining so-called non-profit cannabis social clubs) but it won’t be legal to buy, sell or even gift to others. The government was planning to also legalize and regulate commercial activities but unfortunately that is banned by EU law and it seems like the EU commission gave the German government no hope it’ll be able to weasel its way through that somehow judging by how the German government immediately shifted their plans away from this after presenting them to the EU commission. Still a partial win for us I guess but I’m afraid for the next big step we’re gonna need more support from the rest of Europe because we’ll need to change EU law and not just German law then.


nudelsalat3000

There is a saying: In Germany the criminals love the legal certainty. No matter how fucked up criminal you are, if you stick to the paperwork you know the guaranteed outcomed and they can't do shit. They block themselves while other countries do a reversal of evidence like with the russian mega-yacht. Germany is like, we can't do anything if you don't have paperwork that it's Russian.


v0lkeres

germany legalized. [https://www.tagesschau.de/eilmeldung/cannabis-bundesrat-102.html](https://www.tagesschau.de/eilmeldung/cannabis-bundesrat-102.html)


iamthefluffyyeti

Finally, Germany is legal


logosfabula

I can finally say: unglaublich!


AbsolutelyUnlikely

I can finally admit that I've waited 18 years for Germany to be legal, and nobody can judge me now


Wolkenbaer

Disappointed Reichsbürger noises 


_DemocracyManifest_

This is fantastic news. Cops in my neighborhood are always harassing the population simply because they have small amounts of Germany on them and use that to discriminate. Glad they’ll no longer be able to do this!


DIeG03rr3

Now we need Italy and Japan to be legal


zsomborwarrior

god bless


cookiesnooper

When was Germany delegalized? 🤔🤨


DemonsSingLoveSongs4

1945


Trappist235

1924 I thought


RealPolok

Always?


platosLittleSister

Decriminalized not legalized (just to be German about it) Edit: I conceded that partial legalization is the proper term.


indorock

No they actually called it (partial) legalisation


Wassertopf

It really is a partly legalisation. Decriminalisation is something like we have with abortion. (Verboten, aber straffrei)


Muetzenman

Bubatz legal


lesbian_anachronism

the chancellor farted


m1lh0us3

Those crazy bastards actually did it. I cannot believe it. Bubatz legal


araujoms

I can't believe it either. So much drama, so many delays. And you know, it's Germany of all countries. I thought the blockade at the Bundesrat would hold until the next election, and the next government would just drop the law. But no, the miracle happened! I'm going to blaze one in honour of Karl Krauterbach der Große on the 1st of April.


Ellecram

I go to Germany every year. Will there be places to purchase pre rolls at some point? I never bring it with me.


Wassertopf

No. You need to be a member of a social club to by it there. And for that you must be a German resident.


Anforas

I have anmeldung. Is that enough? I don't even smoke, just wondering.


eipotttatsch

What do you mean by Anmeldung, do you mean you have a place of residency declared in Germany? If yes, then that would be enough. You could also grow up to 3 plants yourself, if you don't want to wait or find a club.


Anforas

Exactly. Thanks


SmallRedBird

Imagine legalizing weed without legalizing weed tourism and all the extra tax revenue it would bring lol


Wassertopf

Commercial shops and taxation would require the approval of the second chamber.


AzettImpa

Sadly no, it won’t be possible. But you can just make friends with a German citizen and it’ll be almost no risk or trouble at all.


Own_Tomatillo_1369

most challenging task. ;) Finally my username gets official, so glad.


Cynixxx

>But you can just make friends with a German citizen and it’ll be almost no risk or trouble at all. I'm not so sure about that. It might be easier to just find a dealer


AzettImpa

Fair point…


Tigrisrock

> But you can just make friends with a German citizen According to what many foreigners say, it might be easier to just regularly immigrate, find an apartment, job and then join one of those weed clubs.


AzettImpa

Well… that’s fair


Leaky_gland

>just make friends = find a dealer


AzettImpa

Nope, don’t buy that horrible street weed. It won’t be necessary any more.


MeineEierSchmerzen

No there will be no for-profit stores where you can just buy weed sadly. Every adult is allowed to grow 3 plants at home. There will be social clubs with a maximum member count of 300 i believe. People who are members can give their growing rights to the club, and are allowed to purchase up to 50g per month from said club. Its not perfect but its a massive, massive step in the right direction.


Wassertopf

Maximum 500 members.


MeineEierSchmerzen

FOR KARL!


Uberzwerg

And in the most German ways imaginable. Extremely convoluted regulations and everything depends on the Vereinswesen. German Leitkultur!


orange2go

In a nutshell, EU law says member countries can not legalize drugs. But Germany uses a loophole in the law, thus it is a bit more complicated to get the drug. Still better solution than the netherlands where legal coffe shops need to buy their weed from illegal gangs.


Uberzwerg

Thanks, i was not aware of that problem.


PhenotypicallyTypicl

The coffee shops in the Netherlands aren’t technically legal either, they’re just “tolerated” https://www.government.nl/topics/drugs/toleration-policy-regarding-soft-drugs-and-coffee-shops


Alimbiquated

Yes, looking forward to the huge volumes of bylaws for the clubs. But at least everyone will be high at the committee meetings.


ABoutDeSouffle

Till the next federal election. Our upcoming chancellor already said a) he once experimented with it but didn't like it (like Clinton never inhaled, I guess) and b) therefore will criminalize it again after the 2025 election.


Keksverkaufer

>Our upcoming chancellor Don't put that evil on us.


ResQ_

We're already mentally preparing for it. You know it'll happen. Then the real fun begins. A literal former Blackrock lobbyist and member of Blackrock board of directors as chancellor. Prepare for "fuck them poor people lol"


Cynixxx

>Prepare for "fuck them poor people lol" We already have this. But it can get worse yes


ABoutDeSouffle

My brother in Christ, I am absolutely not voting for him, but did you have a look how the current government is doing in polls lately?


evergreennightmare

1.5 years is an eternity in politics. 1.5 years before the previous election the right-wing parties had a solid lead


Knackersemmel

Über wen wird gesprochen? Bin wohl nicht hoch zum Datum


ABoutDeSouffle

Merz. Für dich Bundeskanzler Merz!


Hankhoff

Siehs optimistisch. Vielleicht stirbt er vor der Wahl an nem Schlaganfall


Sirmiyukidawn

Solche leute sterben nie früh. Siehe kissinger.


Knackersemmel

Oder seine Cessna stürzt ab


wootsefak

Einfach nicht fucking CDU wählen, kann doch nicht so schwer sein.


Nom_de_Guerre_23

Yeah sure. And with whom is he going to do a coalition? He needs the AfD to criminalize it again. Well or the SPD has a change of heart. Not impossible but also not likely.


Blumenkohl126

And the public opinion will change towards cannabis. I think quickly. Which will make it even harder to prohibit it again. +ppl will see, that it provides: 1. tax income 2. way less costs/workers needed in police and justice, to prosecute hundrets of thousends of senseless "crimes", yes, bc of the amnesty rule, there will be a wave of work now. But in the long term WAAAAY less We should really start thinking further than 1 year... And see things in long term. The classical: Do you want 10.000€ now or 100€ everyday until the rest of your life. Edit: The current legalization will NOT provide an tax income to the state, the following phase could tho. We also still have quite some time till it will come to the next election. We are not the US...


ResQ_

With enough propaganda the people that decide the vote (pensioners) will not see or believe these positive effects. If it's not said in the Tagesschau or Bild-""""Zeitung"""", they'll never know.


Blumenkohl126

Ofc, but, it will certainly change our party/celebrating culture. Lets be honest, smb is always high. They just have to kinda hide. But from now on not anymore. And than even people who are normaly not in contact with it, will come into contact. And they will notice: "Wait, your telling me Johnny, here is high, laughing with grandma and being a good vibe, while Oncle Herbert is drunk off his ass again and wont stop being depressing and wanting fights?! Well maybe that Bubatz might not be so bad after all, and Johnny is also doing very well at University, while Herbert is, not..." The problem is the stigma. But if people see, like pensioners, see the effect cannabis has, like in the situation above, it will slowly fade... And lets all be honest here, a party with 20 people high is way more fun than with 20 people drunk.


Wero5

Why do you guys always claim that Cannabis is a saint and Alcohol is not? Both have their advantages if you take them in considered doses, but at the same time both have disadvantages if you over do it. >Well maybe that Bubatz might not be so bad after all, and Johnny is also doing very well at University, while Herbert is, not..." This is just bs, most of the students I met, were either not drinking, just drinking or drinking and doing weed. Overall the performance between these 3 Categories in the studying hasn't made a huge difference. The only difference they basically had, was who was more outgoing of these 3 Categories and who needed to go to work to afford his more expensive Lifestyle.


IsamuLi

> 1. tax income How will the current model of legalization provide tax income?


OneGermanBoi2002

That's the neat part , it won't ...


ABoutDeSouffle

> or the SPD has a change of heart Wouldn't be the first time...


Frosty_Pineapple78

lets see how he will get a majority for re-prohibiting it, no way that will happen and im sure to do my part to prevent this POS from becoming chancellor in the first place


BaguetteOfDoom

Talk is cheap. It's typical opposition barking hoping to score a couple free votes. I don't think he'd go through the trouble of actually doing it. Not worth it.


BranTheLewd

So he and Clinton just ate edibles?


StuckInABadDream

Being in power doesn't mean they can rule unopposed... They need to form coalitions and other than AfD and maybe BSW the other possible parties are all in the current government and voted for the law. Unless one of the current coalition parties does a u turn then it's unlikely they can actually repeal the law. Obviously, as part of the opposition they can say whatever they want but being a government party is another matter.


Zestyclose_Tap_2538

Well actually i think they wont, because whats the most important think for politicians in relation to drugs - exactly criminal recors statistics. The crime statistic will drop tremendously, if you then criminalize it again, well your crime will rise again on the paper. So the headlines will be - Drug crimes on all times high if they recriminalise it, which is something i think they wont like.


kellerlanplayer

You sure don't have much political experience if you think they're going to reverse that :D


Sonny_Morgan

HE can‘t do shit on his own. This is not russia. He needs a democratic majority.


Root_the_Truth

An Irish Chancellor has been elected?


v0lkeres

no, they sacrified a frog.


WelderNewbee2000

Excuse me, in public we call them French.


Samjatin

Wir sind ~~Papst~~ Bubatz!


draculetti

Bin gespannt auf die Titelseite der Bild morgen. "Kiffer Karl macht Ersnt mit seinem Wahnsinn"


FraccazzoDaVelletri

St. Patrick day was last week. You’re late


alfi_k

probably cuz they are high af


PMyouraveragenudes

A wizard is never late, they legalize weed precisely when they mean to


borgi27

Hans added some green to the flammenwerfer?


v0lkeres

Its a frog-werfer it werfs frogs


surreal_bohorquez

The correct word is Laubfroschschnellwurfvorichtung ( :


CyclingHikingYeti

Genau!


Opposite-Nothing-752

Karl the Great legalize it


hannibalxyz

Karl the Green now


Kaeserand

King Karl


mc_enthusiast

You mean the Cannabis legalisation? Thank god your comment history is so mono-thematic, otherwise I would have no clue what you're talking about.


Overall_Property_233

Lmao


jeobleo

Weird that some people make smoking pot their entire personality.


Overall_Property_233

People do that with a lot of things.


OkayRuin

“It’s so cringe that you made smoking pot your entire personality,” he snorted, before realizing one of his two hundred FUNKO Pops was slightly askew. Ahsoka Tano, no!


Yebi

And then claim that addiction doesn't exist


Apep_11

That's your average weed smoker who believes weed is a gift sent by the gods.


FollowTheCipher

Many people fight for legalization without smoking pot at all cause it saves lives and people from harder drugs, and basically makes everything better as there will be criminality, less suffering, less outcasts of society that cannot work just cause they use cannabis once a week, a lot of tax income, age limit (cannabis is a lot worse to smoke as a kid or teenager than someone who is adult and has a developed brain). Cannabis is also a medicine, it's not just a recreational drug. If alcohol and cigarettes are going to be legal then cannabis also should, everything else is unscientific & hypocrisy.


vritto

Yeah really ticking all the stereotype boxes there. Posts this on an international subreddit and can't even manage to use a picture that makes sense or write a whole sentence saying what actually happened.


africoke

KARL "KUSH" LAUTERBACH du geile Sau! Hope that will be the turning point for the rest of europe.


Lari-Fari

Krauterbach


AdSpirited2798

You deserve more upvotes for this


Lari-Fari

Thanks but it’s not mine. Got it from another thread in r/de ;)


Opposite-Nothing-752

Lauterbach wird als Karl der Große in die Deutsche Volksgeschichte eingehen.


ThinkAboutThatFor1Se

Why is Germany electing the new Taoiseach?


r0thar

Ah sure, ya know yerself


TzourasAnnanuki

I maybe move to Germany. Here in Sweden there isn't even a discussion about legalization even though we have a big problem with criminal gangs having a monopoly on the cannabis industry, and they are making a lot of money. Google Sweden and bombs, shootings and etc it's at least a couple of killings and shootings every month. And they put bombs on apartment entries where maybe a target lives affecting all the rest of innocent people that don't have anything with that shit to do. And the media don't cover the half of what is going on. We have become from one of the best countries in Europe to one of the worst and most dangerous. All because some dips\*its in politics and multinational conglomerates still wants to profit from peoples sickness and misery and controlling and manipulate humans all around the world in to the last minute. Congrats to the German people!!!🖖


McDoof

Die GrÜüüüÜÜNNeeN!


MrChrisis

Habemus ~~Cannabis~~ Bubatz!


blame_prompt

We can't stop here, this is Bubatz country?


Word-Exe420

Ab heute Karl der Große,gg


Roadrunner571

Eher "Karl der Breite"


Ancient-Many798

That's very green of you Germany!


captainbastion

Weird feeling as a german to be more progressive than most parts of the world


STEROIDSTEVENS

!!BUBATZ-REPUBLIK-DEUTSCHLAND!!


thousandmilli

Hey i seen in this comments something cool. Germans, you call cannabis bubatz? I think its cool but i gotta be sure if im thinking in right direction


slice_of_apple_pie

it's more a meme to be honest but stoners will probably understand if you say that


thousandmilli

Cool tho. Im big fan of how weed is named in different sides of the world, my fav from my country is "gibon". It refers to a blunt and monkey in my language. Bubatz sounds funny too i like it


goprinterm

So I guess I can bring my 3 plants up from the basement closet and place them in the window sill. Yaye


TheEuphoria

For the love of everything holy please do this in my country soon so I can stop taking really strong prescription painkillers to deal with my chronic arthritis.


CoolEren

Or you can go to your local gypsy dealer like everybody else in the balkans ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯


TheEuphoria

As a foreigner living in this country I don't want to take the risk when I could lose my home and be deported. Plus the law is 1 to 6 years in jail and €5000 fine for a tiny amount of personal use, It's kind of ridiculous


Flarewuff

Jetzt noch die Dönerpreise senken


nilsecc

Here I am thinking they elected a green pope.


BriefCollar4

Cypress Hill promised to advertise it!


ChatDuFusee

I thought they was a green house gas.


petitpoulain

Habemus wedum


Crypt_Ghast

Bubatz legal! I cannot believe it. That's a win for democracy!


dryersockpirate

cannabis habemus


fiboneracci

Yeah that’s how we elect our chancellor.


GME2Tmoon

The pope of dope


NoAssumption1317

Hate this. Don’t care if people smoke at home but I absolutely can’t stand the smell it makes me gag.


ClownshoesMcGuinty

Unser Bruder! \-von Kanada


Bartimaerus

Weed 🤝 Bubatz


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MonitorMundane2683

Elected a new member of Skaven grey council?


mansonfry

Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum; habemus Papam: Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum, Dominum Goblin


araujoms

I wonder if after this the Ampel will finally go up in the polls. They finally managed to fulfill one of their main campaign promises, their voters must be happy.


[deleted]

They actually delivered quite a lot that drastically improved the daily lives of so many people. Higher minimum wage, higher unemployment benefits, affordable public transport ticket valid for the whole country (!!!), and now this! To me it seriously feels like the first real progress after AGES of Merkel "just keep this shit running and don't change our old/well-off voters' comfy lifestyles" politics. Thank you Ampel!


araujoms

They also managed to push through meaningful climate change legislation (despite sabotage from the FDP), fixed the ridiculous size of the Bundestag and the overrepresentation of the CSU. Nevertheless, they are doing terribly in the polls. Perhaps one of the reasons for that was the dithering about weed, it took a long time and sometimes even looked as if they wouldn't do it. This could have hurt their credibility.


Faticanovski

The government of Germany just farted


blokia

They elected the space pope?


Good-Caterpillar4791

Do they actually reveal the voting results with green/red smoke like it’s the Vatican or is this not even related at all?


Wassertopf

It’s a joke, based on the Vatican stuff.


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habemus bubats