Germany on the brink of legalizing cannabis | DW News

Germany on the brink of legalizing cannabis | DW News

One topic in the coalition talks to form a new government in Germany is the legalization of cannabis products. All three parties are in favour of a regulated system for cultivation, trade, and sale. German pharmaceutical companies are also hoping for a boost from this.
When cannabis was legalized in Canada three years ago, many customers were eager to make the first legal purchase of marijuana. Today, the legal cannabis industry in Canada posts more than two billion euros in sales annually. The government there closely monitors cultivation and sales.
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00:00 Introduction to legalization of cannabis in Germany
00:17 DW Report by Joachim Eggers
01:58 How will business profit from the legalization?
03:38 What are German authorities waiting for?
04:25 Are there any downsides?

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50 Comments

  1. Czesław Zadzior on May 15, 2022 at 6:56 pm

    I’ve been involved in legal cultivation. Not a single positive outcome aside from the money. For cancer patients and those who need it it’s been available for years



  2. HarrythaGhost59 on May 15, 2022 at 6:56 pm

    gibt das Hanf frei✌️✌️✌️✌️



  3. GuitarSolos on May 15, 2022 at 6:57 pm

    I’m not against decriminalizing marijuana BUT everyone should stop thinking marijuana only has positive sides. In reality everyone reacts difference and that’s why you should probably get it prescribed from a doctor. Don’t forget that the alot people suffering from psychosis and schizophrenia got it from smoking weed, it’s not the weed causing it but it triggers it. Don’t forget that you kill your braincells smoking it too. Many daily or heavy smokers I know became very slow in their speech and pretty lazy overall. A lot of people will think it’s ok to smoke before their brain is fully developed, and the development is also from individual to individual. So TLDR: I hope the government also teach the downsides with marijuana and the dangers if decrim were to happen.

    Me personally, I’ve tried it many times, but having to smoke to get through life makes you weaker, overcoming challenges while being "natural" and exercising is what makes you get through life.



  4. hugh smith on May 15, 2022 at 7:01 pm

    Was für ein absolut fantastischer Fortschritt für die Cannabisindustrie, bravo Deutschland, er hätte vor mindestens 30 Jahren passieren müssen. Um nicht nur den Menschen zu helfen, die von einer Vorstrafe bedroht waren, sondern auch der Wirtschaft. Es wird viel dazu beitragen, Nachbarschaften und Dienstleistungen für die Menschen zu bereichern. JETZT IST ES ZEIT FÜR DAS WHO VON EUROPA UND DARÜBER HINAUS, DAS SELBE ZU TUN.



  5. Alan Deli on May 15, 2022 at 7:03 pm

    The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)
    Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. (Psalms 51:1-4)



  6. Shawn James on May 15, 2022 at 7:06 pm

    Bought SNDL for that reason. Webull is for the people 🚀🚀🚀



  7. Timo Haikarainen on May 15, 2022 at 7:06 pm

    Common law makes cannabis legal already. People just need to realize what it is and live it.



  8. Alex C on May 15, 2022 at 7:06 pm

    it’s funny how only the big pharma would be allowed to grow and sell , not the individual. gotta keep monopolies alive somehow



  9. MarcyMoe on May 15, 2022 at 7:07 pm

    GIB DAS HANF FREI!



  10. Ten Dency on May 15, 2022 at 7:08 pm

    hopefully! It’s about time.



  11. Smol Dawn on May 15, 2022 at 7:09 pm

    Jungs es wird einfach legal wie geil.



  12. MeineYTStars on May 15, 2022 at 7:11 pm

    I Hope so



  13. Czesław Zadzior on May 15, 2022 at 7:12 pm

    A stoned and asleep population is far easier to manipulate. And that is the goal…..obedience and inability to comprehend



  14. suck my ballz on May 15, 2022 at 7:13 pm

    finally another country is regulating cannabisand taking money out of bad peoples hands, through legalization. wish the uk could join them.



  15. IsleofFire on May 15, 2022 at 7:15 pm

    I lived in Hawai’i for almost (8) years and it was everywhere. But now I live in my Home-
    State – MICHIGAN, USA!!! Where it is now LEGAL. My last name is RÖHL, and I am of partial German decent and therefore am hopeful for this Amazing Countries LEGALISATION – Yeah ! ! ! !



  16. Christian c on May 15, 2022 at 7:17 pm

    You don’t go to school or work or drive drunk, just don’t do it high. It’s that simple.



  17. hugh smith on May 15, 2022 at 7:17 pm

    What an absolutely fantastic advance for the cannabis industry, bravo Germany, it should have happened at least 30 years ago. To help not only the people who were threatened with a criminal record, but also the economy. It will do a lot to enrich neighborhoods and services for people. NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE WHO OF EUROPE AND BEYOND TO DO THE SAME.



  18. Pavlos Karalitis on May 15, 2022 at 7:18 pm

    The sure is that Germany 🇩🇪 will have a lot and various benefits, legalising Cannabis. It worth it 👌.



  19. drknss on May 15, 2022 at 7:18 pm

    Wann Bubatz legal?



  20. Emil Gil on May 15, 2022 at 7:18 pm

    Despite legal it is good to check material, even Dutch coffeeshops are not really keeping steady quality, some batches are not tasty…



  21. jamesmike326 on May 15, 2022 at 7:19 pm

    Thank you 🇩🇪 I think it’s time to move with the times instead of taking harmful drugs 💊 there is a less harmful drug namely Cannabis thanks guys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿



  22. ankh kk on May 15, 2022 at 7:19 pm

    Forget it. Legalisation is a topic once every 4 years to advertise german politics. As far as i know its been used since 20 years and nothing changed.



  23. Justin’s World on May 15, 2022 at 7:20 pm

    One love ✌️☮️💚🇬🇧from Justin’s world 🌎



  24. BCLLabel on May 15, 2022 at 7:21 pm

    and it’s legall ? xd i don’t think so,they talk about legalizing marijuana from 1 or 2 year?



  25. Enrique A c on May 15, 2022 at 7:24 pm

    Cannabis save lives



  26. BedingtZugelassenerKanal on May 15, 2022 at 7:24 pm

    I don’t care, you can get something anywhere anyway.

    If no human being is illegal, then no plant is illegal either. Simple logic 🙂



  27. Sven F on May 15, 2022 at 7:25 pm

    no
    greetings from germany



  28. M.M G.G on May 15, 2022 at 7:27 pm

    Just in germany we call it Broccoli



  29. ke0p5 on May 15, 2022 at 7:27 pm

    I hope it will be free in türkiye we need this so much financial and moral inşaallah 🙏🙏



  30. Krista on May 15, 2022 at 7:28 pm

    Those poor snacks! Isn’t anyone thinking about the snacks? 😢



  31. alieninvasion33 on May 15, 2022 at 7:28 pm

    NOW IN GERMANY YOU CANT BREATH …… CANNA HAHAHAHA … PEOPLE WANT FRESH AIR … AND PPL WANT FREEDOM TO BREATH



  32. Dzonny Blue on May 15, 2022 at 7:29 pm

    Prostitution Legal -Cannabis Ilegal Irony of Modern World !



  33. James Hampson on May 15, 2022 at 7:29 pm

    Nice, ending the war on drugs is always a good endeavour



  34. thePLECTRUM on May 15, 2022 at 7:33 pm

    Can I apply living in the UK on maybe special circumstances?? I am mentally and physically ill, I have nerve root damage due to disc prolapse’ in my lower back and it looks like I may be suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder (mentally) Due to major anxiety issues I first tried cannabis when I was 15 and it made me panic and that panic lasted so as my mental health got more tender I learned that alcohol was what I needed to "Man Up" and be molded into another and as I grew older I found the hangovers far yo hard to embrace, to the point I would have to drink more and everyday for at least for days until the anxiety wore off, then when my back started playing up I found myself at the doctors being diagnosed with depression so I started being heavily medicated from prescription drugs Tramadol, Pregabalin, Duluxotine, Sertraline, Mirtazapine and Omeprizal, this led my to stop drinking, cold turkey style, it was tough, but I was in far to much pain to care, over the years I have become more confused and I believe sphychsis maybe setting in and I hade started to realise all the Darkness that has and does happen to me, bur also all of the wrong things I do, which to others. Last summer to help with my Chronic mental pain I started using cannabis as a way to cope (and as a last resort to save my relationship with my wonderful wife to be) the first couple of times I was 15 and panicking until tge cannabis helped me realise another perception, a place where the voices stop, a place when my tense and stressed body starts to actually relaxe, but it’s costly and illegal in the UK, but all those other drugs the NHS prescribe me are extremely costly and deadly, but that’s ok?!!! Why can’t they allow me 1 maybe 2 plants a year so I can use it as a medicine and would cost the NHS hardly anything in comparison, would I qualify??



  35. Vandal Controll on May 15, 2022 at 7:33 pm

    Grow it yourself and cut out these company’s that want to profit from you from a plant that cost a fraction when legal to grow



  36. Linus on May 15, 2022 at 7:34 pm

    Nothing still happened to this day, besides police still criminalizing consumers and
    producers.



  37. ThePato on May 15, 2022 at 7:37 pm

    I wonder what the dutch think bout it. Will there be a duexit in the next years, because of germany infiltrating their bussiness?



  38. James009 on May 15, 2022 at 7:37 pm

    When???????!!!???? Come ooonn I cant wait for years!!!!!!!



  39. J J on May 15, 2022 at 7:37 pm

    Can any one, except dealers, tell me at least one minus in legalisation?



  40. Warren Peterson on May 15, 2022 at 7:37 pm

    It is now Feb 22 … I am Canadian and after 3-years of legalization there has been no problems of serious concern. I was not a user prior but have found it beneficial for my healthcare issues. I buy a specific brand from a local government cannabis retail store at a cost of $50 CAD or 34.8 Euro for 15gm. There is cheaper brands available and many far more expensive but this works for me and I tolerate its harshness. Cheers.



  41. Sarath G.K on May 15, 2022 at 7:38 pm

    Aufregend.👍



  42. وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا on May 15, 2022 at 7:42 pm

    Thank you for bing in the show 2:20 lol



  43. Kabooom on May 15, 2022 at 7:42 pm

    This is the real world… talking of ‘should we legalize weed’. Something that is ONLY amazing…hmmm, should we? I can’t believe that I still live in a country where I must buy illegal weed…….



  44. Wessel Si on May 15, 2022 at 7:42 pm

    finally no more Germans in Nijmegen that take 15 minutes to choose a strain and then only buy one gram

    It’s a joke i don’t mind them



  45. Marc-Antoine on May 15, 2022 at 7:45 pm

    No drugs should be illegal.



  46. No Name on May 15, 2022 at 7:47 pm

    I THINK THEY LAUGHING ON HOW THE GUY EYES LOOKS 2:24HEAR IN BACKGROUND GIGGLING 🖐😖



  47. Charlie Gibson on May 15, 2022 at 7:48 pm

    Cannabis is the gateway to socialism… JUST SAY NO



  48. Red I on May 15, 2022 at 7:49 pm

    Wow, good business opportunities for this big pharma companies.



  49. 1791 on May 15, 2022 at 7:50 pm

    Typical Germany Government needs to get its hands out of the private sector!



  50. Michael Hennaut on May 15, 2022 at 7:52 pm

    Yes, maybe end of 2022