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The German government on Tuesday launched a public dialogue with a view to presenting a bill later this year to legalise the recreational use of cannabis.
The health ministry is inviting more than 200 doctors, lawyers and other experts from Germany and abroad, as well as officials from various levels of government, to a hearing.
The plan to legalise the controlled sale of cannabis to adults through specially licensed shops was one of the reforms agreed last year by the three parties involved in Olaf Scholz's government.
Legalisation would allow quality controls that would protect the health of young people, said the government, which also agreed to examine the "social consequences" of the measure after four years of implementation.
The five hearings being held by the health ministry will consider the best possible measures to protect young people, consumers in general and their health, said Burkhard Blinnert, the ministry's commissioner responsible for drugs.
"Like many others, I have worked for years to end the criminalization of cannabis consumers and to implement a modern, health-oriented policy," he said, according to the Associated Press."
Other reforms being pushed beyond cannabis legalization include repealing the old law that prohibits doctors from "advertising" abortion services.
The government also wants to simplify the procedure for obtaining German citizenship, lift restrictions on dual citizenship and lower the minimum voting age from 18 to 16.
A 40-year-old law requiring transgender people to undergo a psychological evaluation and obtain court permission before officially changing gender is also being repealed.
Source: in.gr
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