Re:German Bundestag Passes Cannabis Legalization
by dubbel on Friday February 23, 2024 @10:54AM
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As far as I know the Netherlands only legalized consumption and sale, but not production? Which just lead to higher demand for products what were still largely supplied by criminal groups.
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Re:German Bundestag Passes Cannabis Legalization
by aden1ne on Friday February 23, 2024 @11:23AM
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Possession is still technically illegal, tho it hasn't been enforced since the 1970s.
That said, since December 2023 there has been fully legally-produced cannabis on the Dutch market. While media tends to call it "state weed" ("staatswiet"), it's not nationalized, it's just licensed production. Currently it's only available in a number of cities, chiefly in the South of the country, but more cities should be onboarded onto the system this year.