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Drug policy: Demonstrators demand: "Give the hemp free!"
Published on August 10, 2025
At this year's hemp parade in Berlin, significantly fewer people took part than expected.According to the organizer, several hundred gathered on Saturday afternoon within sight of the television tower in Berlin-Mitte.Then they pulled from there via the boulevard Unter den Linden, through the government district, past the Bundestag and the Chancellery and back again.
According to the Berlin police, around 500 people were on the road - the organizer had originally registered the hemp parade under the motto "for a future without repression" with 4,000 participants.
Partialization is not far enough for many
The demonstrators called for a comprehensive legalization of cannabis.The current legal regulations that have been in force since April 2024 do not go far enough.The traffic light government had decided to participate, which allows the cultivation and possession of cannabis to a limited extent for adults according to corresponding rules.However, many stoners criticize the regulation as too bureaucratic.
The consumption of cannabis is less risky than that of legal drugs such as alcohol, the organizers of the event argued."Give the hemp free!"Therefore, was a demand that has already been traditional - the hemp parade has been moving through Berlin's city center annually since 1997.
Request for specialist shops for cannabis
"Hasch instead of hate" and "Yes We Smoke" was read on transparent.Some stoners could not be said twice and smoked a joint.
The German hemp association criticizes that self -growing and cultivation associations, as provided for according to the applicable law, are not suitable for all consumers and that the black market for cannabis continues to exist.His demand is that cannabis must be buying for adults in specialty shops at reasonable prices.
According to the police, the hemp parade ended late at the starting point next to the Red town hall without major incidents.
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