Success or ‘total flop’? Report on Germany’s cannabis legalisation fails to settle debate

<p>Policy is still divisive two years in, with SPD hailing it while CDU minister claims it is risk to young people’s health</p><p>Germany is divided over how the legalisation of cannabis two years ago is going, with critics and proponents at odds over its impact on consumption, youth welfare and organised crime.</p><p>On 1 April 2024 the previous centre-left-led government made Germany the first big EU country <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/01/germany-legal-cannabis-weed-laws-personal-use">to legally allow personal recreational use of cannabis</a> for over-18s.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/01/report-germany-cannabis-legalisation-fails-settle-debate">Continue reading...</a>