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Germany’s Bundestag votes for cannabis legalization

New legislation put forward by Germany’s ruling coalition will allow limited possession and cultivation of the drug. The conservative Christian Democratic Union opposed the government’s proposal

Bundestag votes in favor of legalizing cannabis consumption
German lawmakers have approved the partial legalization of cannabis in the country.

407 parliamentarians voted in favor of the legislation put forward by the ruling coalition, comprising Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), the business-focused Free Democratic Party and the environmentalist Greens.

226 lawmakers rejected the bill. Four MPs abstained.

The governing parties say the new law will facilitate the responsible use of cannabis as it calls for limited legal availability of the drug with numerous rules, regulations and restrictions.

Germans are deeply divided over the measure, with a YouGov poll showing that about 47% of the respondents somewhat or completely in favor of it while 42% of them somewhat or completely rejecting.

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