“Frankfurt Takes the Lead: Which Cities Will Become Model Regions for Legal Cannabis Sales?”

made in mid-April Frankfurt am Main started and applied together with Offenbach as a model region for the test legal sale of cannabis. Experts believe the city has good chances. With the “Frankfurt way” the city on the Main already gained a lot of experience with an accepting drug policy in the 90s. In addition, with the Canna Union, an alliance of entrepreneurs has already come together here who want to implement legalization in close cooperation with the authorities.

Munich has it difficult

It is likely to be much more difficult for the second city that has already submitted an application: München. While the red-green coalition at Marienplatz would like to become a model region, the CSU-led state government is fighting with all means against legalization in the Free State. Bavaria’s Prime Minister Söder called the legalization a mistake and is currently examining legal steps to prevent Bavarian municipalities from participating in the pilot project.

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Other cities that, when asked by the world, said they would be happy to take part in the trial are Bremen, Hanover, Bonn, Tübingen, Leipzig and Schwerin. The cities of Darmstadt, Münster and Wiesbaden had already passed corresponding resolutions in the past, but had not yet reacted to Lauterbach’s current legislative project.

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The undecided and the rejecters

So far there have been no clear decisions from the major cities of Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Dortmund, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart. According to Welt, however, Nuremberg, Freiburg, Aachen, Eisenach and Essen have given a clear rejection.