German government approves controlled legalization of cannabis use

Yes, the "Kabinett" (The chancellor and the ministers) approved the plans, but it needs to be approved by other governmental institualtions as well before it becomes reality.
- Though it's coming. The question will be of it stays. Current government is in dire straits in the polls. This might only live one or two years until the next government culls it, given that the conservatives are rising again.
  
  The problem is not the conservatives tbh, more the actual nazis. Couldn't worry much about the CDU and their religious nutjob sub-faction the CSU right now, they're a known problem that is largely inept due to their own inability to effect change since not doing so is essentially their primary advertisement for themselves.
  
  I wanted to say that the CDU/CSU has the charisma of a rotten potato and that I doubt they'll rake in many votes, but then I remembered who our current chancellor is.
- What are institualtions?
  
  Haha, this should be "institutions".
- Hopefully they have some common sense and don't pass it

- Let’s loose control boys!!
  
  Ja, ja, ve got so crazy last Nacht, ve drank AND smoked.
  Hans even did his sausage dance!
  That is ze one vhere he dances with his homemade sausages.

- This is very important though. It's forbidden on EU level. If Germany manages to change this or barrel through, this could open up legalization in the whole EU. Some countries are just not doing it, because it's forbidden on EU level and it's hard to get through that.
  So I believe, aside from Germans, a lot of European watching closely how this develops and even small steps are already good. We just need to see this through.
  
  So this is to be true legalization and not just decriminalization? Also, hasn't Luxembourg completely legalized it?
  
  Germans will force it to be legal on EU level only after they will dominate the production of cannabis. That's how it works.
  
  But then how is it that in ES or NL you can legally buy?
- So did a lot of US states about a decade ago.

Panzerschokolade's back on the menu, boys!
- eh… I believe you have your controlled substances mixed up...
  
  Yeah I know meth and weed are different, it's just a Germany=Nazi joke

- I see the “drugs are bad” comment jn your history..
  Oppression of drugs is bad and makes the problem worse while criminals get rich.
  This is quite literally the way if we want a healthier society with less drug related problems and crime. Asks scientist and people who work gave experience working with addicts.
  Criminalization creates taboo, which means people hide from help and lie that they don’t have a problem instead of looking for a way out. They are paranoid to tell their medical professionals the truth because they fear the state and police.
  The glorification of some aspects of drug culture is a side effect of this. So yes drugs might get more visible in society but the toxicity in the drugs will be less, the damage they do will be contained, social safety will be more prevalent as people stop hiding their use and help to recognize their problem and quit will be open and accessible.
  
  Your well thought and well written post will likely land on deaf ears.
  In my experience, evidence, logical arguments and simple common sense are completely ineffective with the kind of people who think "drugs bad and that's it" and are convinced that more War on Drugs is the solution. Despite the fact that all the evidence around us shows that it's not.
  
  "We can't effectively end murder so let's just allow it, hitmen will stop earning money this way"
- Yeah, so much better to arrest someone for smoking a joint. Prisons aren't full enough.
- damn you suck
- Love all the downvotes by closeted drug addicts
  
  The only drug I take is alcohol, I still don't think someone should be criminalised for getting high.
  I especially don't think that the way to cure drug addiction is to throw people in to prison. Drug problems need to be treated as a health issue, not a criminal one. No happy and healthy person ever woke up and just decided to get addicted to heroin.
  
  Are you actually claiming cannabis is addictive? Physically addictive?