Germany’s government is moving forward with the second phase of marijuana legalization to create a pilot program for commercial sales—through an administrative process, rather than having lawmakers pass a separate bill to enact the reform as was initially expected, according to a new press report.
While it’s long been assumed that legislators would need to introduce and pass complementary sales legislation to fulfill the second “pillar” of legalization, the federal government is apparently taking a rulemaking approach that may speed up implementation.
Marijuana legalization was implemented under a bill that the Federal Ministry of Health spearheaded and went into effect at the beginning of last month. So adults are now able to possess and cultivate cannabis, in addition to joining cooperatives that are expected to launch in July where they could access the plant. But there’s currently no commercial framework for sales.
According to Tagesspiegel Background, however, the law that’s already in effect also provides regulatory discretion to build upon the initial reform. That is, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture is empowered to establish rules to create a commercial pilot program so adults can buy cannabis in certain jurisdictions without any additional legislative action.
Of course, that could also mean
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