The days of marijuana prohibition in the UK could be numbered, campaigners say, as the EU's most populous nation moves to legalise cannabis from April
The days of marijuana prohibition in the UK could be numbered, campaigners say, as the EU's most populous nation moves to legalise cannabis from AprilOne sunny afternoon five years ago, 32-year-old Jens was sitting in a Munich park, rolling a joint and listening to his friends playing guitar, when suddenly someone grabbed his arm and twisted it around his back.
Jens managed to smooth-talk his way out of arrest but it was a close call – if he’d been busted, he could have lost his driving licence.will come into effect after the Bundestag greenlit its long-anticipated marijuana reforms in late February. It means Germans will be allowed to carry up to 25 grams of ganja in public, as well as cultivate up to three plants at home. In a few months, distribution will be authorised through not-for-profitclubs.
Steve Rolles, senior analyst at Transform Drug Policy Foundation, which wants the UK drug market to be legalised and regulated, believes the days of cannabis prohibition in the UK are “numbered”.
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