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Rachel Hagan

European country announces plan to legalise cannabis for recreational use

Germany plans to legalise the possession of small amounts of cannabis for recreational use as well as its sale and production.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government said it would make it one of the first countries in Europe to make weed legal.

Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said that in a plan agreed upon today by the cabinet, acquiring and possessing up to 20 to 30 grams of cannabis will become legal.

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