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

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Post by thebeastie »

DoingIsLearning wrote: post #33
selfmodruntime wrote: post #3

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…

Maybe a stupid question but are there any cannabis variants which are agreed on as the 'wild'/ original cannabis? I can see that being used by sellers as a marketing claim for health benefits in a not so distant future?

There are, they are called “landraces”, but you have the problem of replicating the original genetics with a dwindling / deteriorating supply of old seeds. Or if it’s not that, trusting that what you are buying is actually what it advertised.

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Post by iinnPP »

kennyadam wrote: post #13
selfmodruntime wrote: post #3

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…

Strongly agree. As the THC percentage has increased, so has my anxiety when I smoke it. If I go out of my way to find lower quality weed, I enjoy it much more.

In Canada we can buy such a wide variety of strains, all of them labeled with both THC and CBD levels.

We can buy vape carts, prerolls, candy, drinks, and much more.

Finding the "dose" that works perfectly for you is quite simple and available everywhere.

It's a vast improvement over what was there before.

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

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Post by Semaphor »

hans1729 wrote: post #12

Wording: Germany will not legalise Cannabis. Maybe it will be decriminalized, but there is basically no chance of legalisation (too complex/expensive of a process). I have no reason to trust the SPD that they will deliver on this, they are the infamous poster child for betrayal. They are the kind of party that would sell their entire voting base if it served the acting politicians individual careers. If they will do…

> Wording: Germany will not legalise Cannabis. Maybe it will be decriminalized, but there is basically no chance of legalisation (too complex/expensive of a process).

Source?

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

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Post by hans1729 »

coffeebeanHH wrote: post #28
hans1729 wrote: post #12

Wording: Germany will not legalise Cannabis. Maybe it will be decriminalized, but there is basically no chance of legalisation (too complex/expensive of a process). I have no reason to trust the SPD that they will deliver on this, they are the infamous poster child for betrayal. They are the kind of party that would sell their entire voting base if it served the acting politicians individual careers. If they will do…

Yes, but... Basically other parties aren't that different. In the end it doesn't matter which color of the rainbow, or black, is going to fuck the people.

The SPD brands itself as social, pro worker, peaceful, pragmatic and economically-focused all at the same time. They woo young voters, while their core clientel is >65. They actively make policy that works against the youth (serving their main voters, which are old), while presenting themselves as the good guys to the youth.

From my point of view, this makes them pure evil, much more so than the other parties. Yes, all the parties play the power game, but not all of them have the insane level of audacity that the SPD demonstrates again and again, in every election since I'm old enough to pay attention.

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

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Post by BrianOnHN »

wahnfrieden wrote: post #38
BrianOnHN wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder how alcohol would look of people were so incompetent that they would drink vodka by the pint, like beer! Seriously, if you smoke a joint of high-grade then you're doing it wrong.

High-grade joints are a popular product in Canada

Source?

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

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Post by yieldcrv »

noodlesUK wrote: post #7

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.

man all over the UK and continental Europe this decriminalized stuff is just like 4% THC, and the legal CBD shops can't go above 2% THC. And so we're stuck with all the "cool kids" trying to be endearing when they hear you're from the states, but its this super low quality crap with no way to tell quality.

I want r e c r e a t i o n a l like California, in Europe I don't want like 3 novelty shops in Amsterdam, I want the commercial Apple-store-of-weed style seen in California, I also agree with more tiers on THC amount and studies instead of anecdotes. I want some actual consumer protection and options based on science and letting consumers make more informed choices. The US has no adequate studies yet like clinical trials and that's pretty pathetic as the states are unequipped to do this at the standard the FDA does. Other countries shouldn't have that dilemma.

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Post by [deleted] »

Tenoke wrote: post #15
noodlesUK wrote: post #7

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.

Eh, I've smoked near cops in London as a poor immigrant student and they've at best given me a stare or a few words. It depends on the cop but generally they are pretty lenient with non-dealers.

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Post by mikro2nd »

In South Africa Cannabis has been legal for personal use in "places where you have an expectation of privacy" (but selling is still illegal) for several years now. So far the world has not ended, the country doesn't sit around stoned all day and we're not all hooked on Heroin.

There's talk of introducing legislation to restrict quantities (government has plenty of securicrat control freaks), but since that violates the very principles which underpinned the Constitutional Court's overturning the legislation that made weed illegal in the first place, I can't see it going very far.

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

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Post by romanovcode »

hans1729 wrote: post #12

Wording: Germany will not legalise Cannabis. Maybe it will be decriminalized, but there is basically no chance of legalisation (too complex/expensive of a process). I have no reason to trust the SPD that they will deliver on this, they are the infamous poster child for betrayal. They are the kind of party that would sell their entire voting base if it served the acting politicians individual careers. If they will do…

> Maybe it will be decriminalized

I don't know where you are from Germany but cannabis is pretty much decriminalized in Berlin already for quite some time. People buy/smoke at the streets and police does not mind.

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