The government announced that a new law legalizing possession and personal cultivation for marijuana by adults in Luxembourg will officially take effect on Friday.
The Ministry of Justice published in the Official Journal a statement on the upcoming policy change, a step which means that the legislation will be in force within four days.
It comes after a bill to legalize cannabis was passed by the Luxembourg Parliament about a week ago. This makes Luxembourg the second European Union country to do so after Malta, which voted to legalize it in 2021.
The first proposal by the ministers for justice and homeland safety was in 2021. This law will allow adults in Luxembourg to grow and possess cannabis up to a maximum of four plants and up to three grams in a safe location in their home.
The full Statement by the Ministry of Justice is:
The Official Journal published the following: “On 17 July 2023, the Law of 10 July 2023 amending amended law of 19 February 1973 regarding the sale of medicines and the fight against addiction has been published, providing the legalization domestic cultivation of marijuana under certain conditions. The law will come into effect on the fourth following day, which is Friday, July 21, 2023. “Friday, July 21, 2023.”
The soon-to-be-implemented legislation lays out penalties for possession and cultivation in excess of the allowable amount. A prison sentence up to six-months could be imposed on anyone who purchases and possesses more than three grams. This is a harsh penalty, considering that the possession limit is only three grams. Public consumption of marijuana will remain illegal.
Sam Tanson, the Minister of Justice, said at the end of last month’s discussion that criminalizing cannabis was an “absolute failure”. He said we must “dare to take a different path” and “seek solution.”
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It has taken a long time for this to happen. A coalition of major parties in Luxembourg decided, back in 2018, to pass legislation that would allow “the exemption of punishment or even the legalization” cannabis.
The government of Germany, a neighboring country, has said that it is committed to legalizing marijuana under a model with varying levels of regulation.
The German Ministry of Health released a draft law earlier this month to legalize possession, cultivation, and social clubs. This is the first part of a two-part framework for reform.
Last year , top officials from Germany and Luxembourg, Malta, and the Netherlands met for the first time , to discuss plans and obstacles associated with legalizing recreational cannabis.
In a new international survey released last year , the majority of respondents in Germany and other key European countries supported legalization.
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