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Smoking weed will soon be legal for over-18s in Germany, but addiction experts are calling for more prevention efforts to ensure young people are protected from the dangers of cannabis use.
Under one of the most liberal drug laws in Europe, adults in Germany will from April 1 be allowed to carry up to 25 grams of dried cannabis on them and cultivate up to three marijuana plants at home.
“From our point of view, the law as it is written is a disaster,” Katja Seidel, a therapist at a drug addiction center in Berlin, told AFP.
“Access to the product will be easier, its image will change and become more normalized, especially among young people,” Seidel said, adding that she expects to see an increase in cannabis use “at least initially”.
