When Germany's new law comes into force on 1 April, it will decriminalise possession of up to 25g of cannabis for personal use (and up to 50g in the home), allow requests to remove criminal records for past possession offences, legalise home growing of up to three cannabis plants for personal use...
A study has suggested that such a commercial market could create 27,000 jobs in Germany, and be worth 4.7bn annually in tax revenue and criminal justice savings. But these aspirations had to be reined in when it became clear that the commercial market originally envisaged would probably breach legal obligations under the UN drug conventions, as well as EU law.
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