Germany just legalized recreational marijuana

Re:Germany just legalized recreational marijuana by illiac786 on Saturday March 23, 2024 @03:44PM (#39802601)

I think keeping the sell illegal is not helping, it makes it look paradoxical: so what, I can own it but no one can sell it to me? Great.

Second side effect I see is that people which are occasional users (once a week, once a month) will end up having to invest in plants or membership in a club to be able to legally consume it, and that’s obviously driving higher consumption… it’s just a theory but it seems stupid to push occasional users to become regular users.

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Re:Germany just legalized recreational marijuana by stavros on Saturday March 23, 2024 @03:46PM (#39802613)

Wait, how do they legally buy it now?

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Re:Germany just legalized recreational marijuana by illiac786 on Saturday March 23, 2024 @03:49PM (#39802630)

You grow. 3 plants max.

Or you become member of a club that grows for you and costs 25€/month…

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Re:Germany just legalized recreational marijuana by stavros on Saturday March 23, 2024 @03:52PM (#39802658)

The answer is "they don't. It's illegal to buy". It was illegal to buy before, it was illegal to buy now. One can't argue that this law is worse because it legalizes only one of the two aspects.

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Re:Germany just legalized recreational marijuana by illiac786 on Saturday March 23, 2024 @03:54PM (#39802668)

It’s not worse, but it is not great. That’s my position. It’s like having feces on your hand instead of your face: still not amazing. ;)

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Re:Germany just legalized recreational marijuana by stavros on Saturday March 23, 2024 @04:08PM (#39802750)

Not quite, it's like having them both on your hand and your face, and someone comes and cleans up your face.

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Re:Germany just legalized recreational marijuana by illiac786 on Saturday March 23, 2024 @04:10PM (#39802758)

we agree: still not amazing.

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