Germany’s Cannabis Act (CanG) is entering increasingly uncertain territory as support within the coalition’s largest party crumbles, and criticism of the bill begins to surface on multiple fronts.
Just before the parliamentary Christmas break, the final reading of the CanG bill was scuppered at the last minute by dissenting voices within the Social Democrat Party (SPD), in what the industry described as ‘utterly surprising’ and ‘frustrating’.
Over the past week, more SPD voices have come out in opposition not just to the bill specifically, but to the notion of cannabis liberalisation itself.
Meanwhile a scathing report on the bill, commissioned by interior ministers and coordinated by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), was made public this week, raising serious doubts over the practicality of the proposals.