Burkhard Blienert, Hanfparade
Speech by Burkhard Blienert, Federal Government Commissioner for Addiction and Drug Issues, Federal Drug Commissioner SPD, at the Hanfparade demonstration under the motto Hemp is for everyone
for the legalization of cannabis as a raw material and medicine in Berlin. The protest calls for the legalization and release of cannabis as medicine, raw material and stimulant and is directed against a hemp ban and the Narcotics Act BtMG. So far owning, cultivating and selling cannabis in Germany is still illegal, though the current coalition government campaigned on cannabis legalisation and is scheduled to begin debating corresponding legislation in coming months.
