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Article needs an update to reflect its new legality. //Lollipoplollipoplollipop::talk 22:11, 27 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lollipoplollipoplollipop, as far as I'm aware I've seen no evidence that the new German government has passed any laws on the legalisation of cannabis yet, but reports suggest it is planning to do so. I've added a load of citations (numbers 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 on the page) which can be used to expand the information on the page regarding the government’s new plans. However, we should not say it is legal until the government passes legislation in Parliament saying so, of which I've seen no evidence to say this has happened yet. If it has and I've missed it please do provide evidence here. Feel free to use the citations I added to expand the page. Helper201 (talk) 14:01, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

totally agree here on waiting, the government stating they "will work on a legalisation" does absolutely not mean it is legal in that same moment. there are no law changes implemented to legalise cannabis in Germany.84.215.194.30 (talk) 01:04, 7 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

2024 legalization

Deutsche Presse-Agentur is reporting that legalization will take effect on April 1 [1] ☆ Bri (talk) 05:12, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My honest opinion is though that the changes which I made in article's WP:Lead last week deserve to be mentioned in the lead of the article - rather than being moved to a separate section at the end of the article (=> 2024 Legalisation). Just take a look at what greets the reader of the article now:

Cannabis in Germany is legal for certain limited medical contexts, and will be legal for recreational usage for adults (aged 18 and over) beginning on 1 April 2024. As of 2022, approximately 4 million adults in Germany used cannabis.

One can debate about pros and cons of Cannabis-Gesetz being ratified by German Bundestag (for both sides of the argument about how momentous passage of that legislation is in German and EU contexts, see => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#c-JM2023-20240226192600-Germany_legalizes_cannabis_use), but the legislation itself and the fact of its becoming approved by German parliament are worthy of being mentioned in more details in WP:Lead and not at the end of the article. And the lead in its current state, mentioning the legalisation just briefly and in passing, gives a rather lopsided and incomplete view of how things are (and will be) with regard to cannabis use in Germany, IMO. 🤔

Szagory (talk) 22:51, 26 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Szagory, I've expanded the lead, per your post here. What do you think? Helper201 (talk) 00:52, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, it looks much better now. 😎

I've just made slight cosmetic changes to the wording of 2024 Legalisation section (in order to make it sound better and with fewer repetitions) - WP:Lead still sounds a tiny bit repetitive in places, I'll probably touch it up later...

Szagory (talk) 18:54, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]