After a long struggle, the parties of Germany's ruling coalition have agreed on the final details of the legalization of cannabis, the "Frankfurter Rundschau" reported.

"Therefore, the law can enter into force on April 1," the deputy chairmen of the parliamentary groups Dagmar Schmidt (GSDP), Maria Klein-Schmeinck (Greens) and Konstantin Kule (SVP) announced after the last round of negotiations in Berlin.

"The regulations are a real cornerstone for a modern drug policy that strengthens prevention and improves the protection of health, children and young people."

The law is now expected to be passed in the Bundestag in the week starting February 19.

In the presence of the agreement of the parliamentary groups of the "traffic light coalition" (in the party colors of the parties of the tripartite coalition), approval is considered certain.

The Bundesrat (upper house) is then expected to consider the bill on March 22.

However, his approval is not mandatory.

In this situation, the "Frankfurter Rundschau" points out, on April 1 the ban on cannabis, which has been in force for more than 40 years, will be lifted.

Sale and cultivation were prohibited by law in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Cannabis will now be removed from the list of prohibited substances in the Law on Narcotic Substances, writes BTA.

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Home cultivation and possession of certain amounts of the drug will be allowed for adults from April 1, 2024, the newspaper added.

In fact, the parties involved in the government had already reached an agreement on the draft law at the end of November.

Later, Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (GSDP) indicated that "a new approach is now in place to keep teenagers as far away from drugs as possible and to limit the black market and control the substances".

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