Germany’s Cabinet set to approve a plan to liberalize rules on cannabis. This sets the scene for the European Union’s most populous member to decriminalize possession of limited amounts and allow members of “cannabis clubs” to buy cannabis for recreational purposes. — TIME
The government’s approval, expected on Wednesday, is billed as the first step in a two-part plan and will still need approval by parliament. But it’s a stride forward for a prominent reform project of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s socially liberal coalition
That’s far short of its original plan last year, which foresaw allowing the sale of cannabis to adults across the country at licensed outlets. It was scaled back following talks with the EU’s executive commission
WA signs onto normalizing interstate cannabis commerce. During this year’s legislative session, Washington state lawmakers passed a bill – and Gov. Jay Inslee signed it into law—to expand the cannabis market across state lines as part of an interstate compact. — The Center Square
