German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach hopes the Cannabis Act will be passed by the Bundestag in February and come into force in April, despite opposition to legalizing cannabis even within the governing coalition.
Despite opposition within Germany’s three-party governing coalition, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach still hopes to legalize cannabis by submitting a bill to parliament next month.
“I am continuing to assume that the Cannabis Act will be passed by the Bundestag in the week between February 19 and 23 and will go into force from April 1,” Lauterbach told the Sunday edition of Die Welt daily newspaper, adding that talks on the legislation were going well.
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