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Lucis
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German parliament legalizes cannabis for medical consumption 2
#24022887 - 01/19/17 12:55 PM (7 years, 11 days ago) |
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Source:
The German parliament has voted to allow consumption of the drug for medical purposes. The issue had been a point of heated discussion in the country for a long time.
In a landmark bill, members of Germany's parliament voted unanimously on Thursday to legalize the use of medical marijuana.
Marlene Mortler, the German government's drug commissioner, had lobbied for the decision to allow patients to buy cannabis from their local pharmacy with a doctor's prescription.
"It's a great addition for patients who have waited for this a long time," Mortler said.
In a landmark bill, members of Germany's parliament voted unanimously on Thursday to legalize the use of medical marijuana.
Marlene Mortler, the German government's drug commissioner, had lobbied for the decision to allow patients to buy cannabis from their local pharmacy with a doctor's prescription.
"It's a great addition for patients who have waited for this a long time," Mortler said.
Opposition parties in Germany like the Greens and the Left Party had long fought for legalization.
In countries like France and Canada, as well as in several US states, purchasing cannabis with a prescription is already possible.
In Germany, the costs of the dried cannabis flower buds and cannabis extracts will be covered by health insurance for patients who have no other treatment options.
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musiclover420
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Re: German parliament legalizes cannabis for medical consumption [Re: Lucis]
#24022949 - 01/19/17 01:35 PM (7 years, 11 days ago) |
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Way to go Germany! 
Maybe this madhouse known as prohibition is finally coming to an end...
Here is some classic German prog rock that seems fitting:
Eloy - Madhouse (1974)
-------------------- Don't worry about me, I've got all that I need. And I'm singing my song to the sky You know how it feels, With the breeze of the sun in your eyes. Not minding that time's passing by I've got all and more, My smile, just as before. Is all that I carry with me I talk to myself, I need nobody else. I'm lost and I'm mine, yes I'm free
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musiclover420
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Re: German parliament legalizes cannabis for medical consumption [Re: musiclover420]
#24023069 - 01/19/17 02:19 PM (7 years, 11 days ago) |
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Here is a more fitting song actually:
Eloy - call of the wild
Follow the call Germany
-------------------- Don't worry about me, I've got all that I need. And I'm singing my song to the sky You know how it feels, With the breeze of the sun in your eyes. Not minding that time's passing by I've got all and more, My smile, just as before. Is all that I carry with me I talk to myself, I need nobody else. I'm lost and I'm mine, yes I'm free
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Dr. P. Silocybin
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Re: German parliament legalizes cannabis for medical consumption [Re: musiclover420]
#24024612 - 01/20/17 01:05 AM (7 years, 10 days ago) |
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"Voted unanimously"
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Konyap

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Re: German parliament legalizes cannabis for medical consumption [Re: Dr. P. Silocybin]
#24024700 - 01/20/17 03:35 AM (7 years, 10 days ago) |
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'consumption' well cannabis should help people who don't eat a lot usually die from consumption
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howsyournaggerdoin
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Re: German parliament legalizes cannabis for medical consumption [Re: Konyap]
#24024712 - 01/20/17 04:02 AM (7 years, 10 days ago) |
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Unfortunately doctors need a special license to hand out prescriptions for substances in "Anlage 1" of the "Betäubungsmittelgesetz". The vast majority of doctors wont have this license so getting a script for cannabis is still pretty hard.
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Mostly_Harmless
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Re: German parliament legalizes cannabis for medical consumption [Re: howsyournaggerdoin]
#24024729 - 01/20/17 04:22 AM (7 years, 10 days ago) |
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jan/19/german-mps-vote-to-legalise-cannabis-for-medicinal-purposes
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Germany’s lower house of parliament has passed a law legalising the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
People with serious illnesses, such as multiple sclerosis and chronic pain, or a lack of appetite or nausea, could be offered marijuana under the law.
Patients will only have the right to be treated with cannabis “in very limited exceptional cases” and they will not be allowed to grow their own cannabis, according to the bill.
The health minister, Hermann Gröhe, said: “Those who are severely ill need to get the best possible treatment and that includes health insurance funds paying for cannabis as a medicine for those who are chronically ill if they can’t be effectively treated any other way.”
A health ministry spokeswoman said cannabis would only be used as a last resort. She said a scientific study would simultaneously be carried out to assess the effects of cannabis use in such cases.
Until now, patients have only been able to access cannabis for medicinal purposes by special authorisation, making the process complicated. Now they will be able to get a prescription from their doctor and a refund for the upfront cost from their health insurance, she said.
The spokeswoman said the law was likely to take effect in March after a procedural reading by the upper house of parliament.
Until state-supervised cannabis plantations are set up in Germany cannabis will be imported.
Other European countries that allow cannabis to be used for medical purposes include Italy and the Czech Republic.
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