Cannabis legalization: Police union calls for clear rules

“Everyone with the exact scale on the way into the future”

Planned legalization of cannabis: Police union calls for clear rules

Jochen Kopelke, Federal President of the Police Union.

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Cannabis is legal in different countries such as Canada and individual US states. The traffic light government is now planning to do the same in Germany. But the current major issues paper still leaves many questions unanswered, the police union criticizes.

Berlin. In the planned legalization of cannabis for recreational purposes The Union of Police (GDP) urges clear rules that do not unnecessarily burden police officers. “The current key issues paper still leaves many questions unanswered,” GDP federal president Jochen Kopelke said on Wednesday. He pointed out that the cornerstones now set by the cabinet could result in small-scale, control-intensive individual case investigations for the police. “Setting the upper limit still involves control. This means that in the future we will all use accurate scales,” warns Kopelke.

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Unlike the former GDP leadership, Kopelke, who was elected the union’s new federal president in September, is generally not opposed to the planned legalization of cannabis by the federal government. He emphasized that GDP seeks to constructively support the legislative process.

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Asked whether the European Union would also support the government’s plans if commercial legal cultivation of cannabis is not possible in Germany due to legal constraints, Kopelke replied: “Simply because a component of the major issues has been addressed by the EU Commission. May not have been approved. Granted, we still want to see what the government is doing with the coalition’s mandate of legalization and sales.

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Supporters of the planned reform are promoting legal domestic farming, citing problems in the Netherlands, among other things. The sale of cannabis is tolerated in coffee shops in the neighboring country. However, cultivation – with the exception of five plants for medicinal purposes and personal consumption – is prohibited. The supply chain is therefore illegal – the trade is carried out by criminals.

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