Right from the start, the new federal government made no secret of the fact that it believes the time has come for modernization in the field of drug policy as well.
According to the motto of the new FDP Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann "I understand legal policy also as social policy", the letter of the coalition agreement according to the availability of cannabis should be made easier so that adults can buy it like cough syrup in the pharmacy.
What goals the coalition factions are pursuing with this plan does not seem to be apparent even to everyone in their own ranks.
The SPD right-wing politician Fiedler speaks from criminal police experience when he points out that organized crime (OK) will manage itself if it loses part of its market.
The example of the Netherlands shows that the decriminalization of cannabis use has by no means resulted in the OC's potential for decomposition.
With its extremely lax criminal law, the neighboring country is rather an example of how organized crime can be offered ideal conditions to undermine state power.
It's not that far in Germany yet.
But it would be naive not to expect that young people would one day be baited with lower prices and a higher content of active ingredients.