Cost explosion through cannabis controls: municipalities face challenges!

Cost explosion through cannabis controls: municipalities face challenges!

Osterholz, Deutschland - The introduction of the new cannabis law causes excitement and uncertainty among the municipalities throughout Germany. While the supporters of liberal use of cannabis celebrate the changes in the law as progress, the cities and municipalities are faced with an enormous control effort. As the Weser-Kurier , the municipalities must first bear the costs of monitoring the new regulations, since the state government Hanover would like to assure their support later. Axel Miesner, a member of the CDU state parliament, expressed concerns that the state government could not adequately assess the challenges of implementation.

ambiguities and challenges for the municipalities

The new law stipulates that adults grow up to three cannabis plants and have up to 50 grams of dried cannabis. However, there are numerous regulations and requirements that will be difficult to control for the municipalities, as the honorary managing director of the German Association of Cities and Municipalities, Gerd Landsberg. According to Kommunal it is completely unclear how the effort should be managed, especially since there is already a lack of staff in many municipalities.

The required youth protection concepts and the distance regulations to train the municipalities could also burden the municipalities. The police union warns that the tense situation in the police and judiciary is not improved by legalizing cannabis, but is tightened. Particularly concerned are expressed about the possible persistence of the black market, which could continue to exist despite legalization and could attract young people. The challenges that the new law entails raise many questions, so that clear standardization and planning on the part of the federal states are urgently required.