Germany permits smoking cannabis in public but there's a catch: Check 20 countries where Marijuana is legal

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Germany has seen a sharp rise in the number of young people using cannabis obtained on the black market’ and ‘Use of the drug among young people has been soaring for years despite the existing law’ He further urged the members of parliament to back the controversial law, saying ‘the situation we are in now is in no way acceptable.’ Despite fierce objections from the opposition and medical associations, the parliament voted Friday to legalise cannabis. After a stormy session on Friday in the Bundestag, Germany's parliament, the vote was eventually passed by 407 votes to 226. Under the new law, it will be possible to obtain up to 25 grams of the drug per day for personal use through regulated cannabis cultivation associations, as well as to have up to three plants at home.

However, possession and use of the drug will remain prohibited for anyone under 18. Smoking cannabis in some areas, such as near schools and sports grounds, will still be illegal. Crucially, the market will be strictly regulated so buying the drug will not be easy.

Original plans to allow licensed shops and pharmacies to sell cannabis have been scrapped over EU concerns that this could lead to a surge in drug exports. Instead, non-commercial members' clubs, dubbed "cannabis social clubs", will grow and distribute a limited amount of the drug. Germany's new cannabis rule comes after a few European countries introduced some of the most liberal cannabis laws.