Germany’s cannabis ambitions could still be partially incompatible with European Union law, even though Berlin significantly scaled back the initiative, according to the country’s parliamentary research unit.
In particular, the research body noted, Germany’s plan for cannabis clubs would be “complicated” in terms of EU law because members would be consuming recreational cannabis they did not grow themselves, according to the Brussels-based Euractiv news outlet.
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After first unveiling a blueprint for recreational cannabis legalization in October 2022, Germany’s draft framework was then sent to the European Commission – the EU’s executive branch – for vetting to ensure its compatibility with EU and global drug laws.
However, that process did not go according to plan for the German government, which then backpedaled on its blueprint.
Germany stripped almost all commercial elements from the law in the new plan, instead presenting a two-pillar approach:
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