Recreational use of cannabis legalized in Germany for those over 18 years of age amid criticism. Possession of up to 25 grams of dried cannabis in public places is now permitted, as is home cultivation.
For Katja Seidel, an addiction prevention specialist at the Tannenhof Center in Berlin, the new law is "a disaster" The authorities remind that cannabis is still prohibited for those under 18 years old, especially in the capital Berlin, where the first "legal" joints were smoked at midnight.