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Germany’s move to legalise cannabis expected to create ‘domino effect’

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Re: Germany’s move to legalise cannabis expected to create ‘domino effect’

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I think the legalization of cannabis in Europe has a lot of potential. I just wish that we would take measures to avoid the ever increasing levels of THC dosage in weed to insane levels, like you see in the US or California specifically. I firmly believe that cannabis can do a lot of good, but the poison is in the dosage. It has been shown in the past that increasing THC while decreasing CBD leads to an increase in negative side effects, some being permanent [1].

Let's see how it'll work out. I also think it's quite funny that the German meme "Bubatz" has made it into the highest levels of our government.

[1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6312155/

Re: Germany’s move to legalise cannabis expected to create ‘domino effect’

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That's great, a sliver of more freedom in the world - and long overdue.

Hopefully this will allow the police to do something about crime which is becoming a huge issue in Europe (probably thanks to lockdowns, recession, uncontrolled immigration).

I hope it catches on everywhere else but I'm definitely not going to buy their overpriced and overtaxed products - I'll just buy seeds and grow it for personal use.

Re: Germany’s move to legalise cannabis expected to create ‘domino effect’

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I hope they eventually do this in the UK. Weed is basically not illegal if you’re relatively well off and white. I’ve seen a number of cops just take the weed away from a rich uni student or similar and bin it with no further action taken, but if you’re not, criminal charges await. Making it decriminalised would solve that disparity of treatment.

Re: Germany’s move to legalise cannabis expected to create ‘domino effect’

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I think the legalization of cannabis in Europe has a lot of potential. I just wish that we would take measures to avoid the ever increasing levels of THC dosage in weed to insane levels, like you see in the US or California specifically. I firmly believe that cannabis can do a lot of good, but the poison is in the dosage. It has been shown in the past that increasing THC while decreasing CBD leads to an increase in n…

One of the benefits of legalization is the possibility to properly regulate the product. If it's black market it's an uncontrolled free for all.

Re: Germany’s move to legalise cannabis expected to create ‘domino effect’

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I think the legalization of cannabis in Europe has a lot of potential. I just wish that we would take measures to avoid the ever increasing levels of THC dosage in weed to insane levels, like you see in the US or California specifically. I firmly believe that cannabis can do a lot of good, but the poison is in the dosage. It has been shown in the past that increasing THC while decreasing CBD leads to an increase in n…

I think legalisation could help in this regard as long as companies are required to measure/label products appropriately. Similar to how the most popular alcohols during prohibition were spirits, whereas now there's a massive range of drinks at pretty much any alcoholic percentage you want

Re: Germany’s move to legalise cannabis expected to create ‘domino effect’

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I think the legalization of cannabis in Europe has a lot of potential. I just wish that we would take measures to avoid the ever increasing levels of THC dosage in weed to insane levels, like you see in the US or California specifically. I firmly believe that cannabis can do a lot of good, but the poison is in the dosage. It has been shown in the past that increasing THC while decreasing CBD leads to an increase in n…

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