Cannabis: Lauterbach warns against delaying legalization. The law is on the Bundesrat’s agenda for March 22nd.
It does not require approval, but the state chamber could call the mediation committee with the Bundestag and slow down the process. Legalization is intended to relieve the burden on courts Concerns have been raised by the federal states, among other things, about a planned amnesty for old cases that would no longer be punishable under the new law.