<story><title>German Bundestag Passes Cannabis Legalization</title><url>https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2024/kw08-de-cannabis-990684</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Abroszka</author><text>The main benefit comes from knowing what you have if you grow it vs. buying something that looks like weed from the guy on the street.&lt;p&gt;Also growing it is super easy. If you can grow tomatoes then you are already overqualified.</text></item><item><author>lqet</author><text>Exactly, this is what I don&amp;#x27;t buy in the &amp;quot;black market will get extremely unattractive&amp;quot; argument. The status quo is to buy illegally (but with very low risk for the buyer, and usually excellent anonymity) from established dealers, often people with a lot of knowledge in growing&amp;#x2F;processing. The new legal approach would be to either grow yourself, or join a club [0]. I don&amp;#x27;t consume cannabis, but if I would have to choose between joining a state-registered alcohol club, brewing my own beer, growing my own grapes, or just buying a bottle of wine illegally now and then from someone who has expertise in making it (and with nearly all risk on the seller side), I would definitely opt for the latter.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Cannabis_Social_Club&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Cannabis_Social_Club&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>brodo</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s a big step and still a compromise. Let&amp;#x27;s see how this whole non-commercial approach works out. I know some people who don&amp;#x27;t want to get into growing and don&amp;#x27;t want to join a club.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>monocasa</author><text>&amp;gt; Also growing it is super easy. If you can grow tomatoes then you are already overqualified.&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s a little overstated.  It&amp;#x27;s easy to grow very low quality weed.  Growing something capable of being on a shelf to be sold is very much a skill that takes time, even for someone with a green thumb; the girls get too stressed very easily, and attract pests like you wouldn&amp;#x27;t believe.</text></comment>
<story><title>German Bundestag Passes Cannabis Legalization</title><url>https://www.bundestag.de/dokumente/textarchiv/2024/kw08-de-cannabis-990684</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Abroszka</author><text>The main benefit comes from knowing what you have if you grow it vs. buying something that looks like weed from the guy on the street.&lt;p&gt;Also growing it is super easy. If you can grow tomatoes then you are already overqualified.</text></item><item><author>lqet</author><text>Exactly, this is what I don&amp;#x27;t buy in the &amp;quot;black market will get extremely unattractive&amp;quot; argument. The status quo is to buy illegally (but with very low risk for the buyer, and usually excellent anonymity) from established dealers, often people with a lot of knowledge in growing&amp;#x2F;processing. The new legal approach would be to either grow yourself, or join a club [0]. I don&amp;#x27;t consume cannabis, but if I would have to choose between joining a state-registered alcohol club, brewing my own beer, growing my own grapes, or just buying a bottle of wine illegally now and then from someone who has expertise in making it (and with nearly all risk on the seller side), I would definitely opt for the latter.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Cannabis_Social_Club&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Cannabis_Social_Club&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>brodo</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s a big step and still a compromise. Let&amp;#x27;s see how this whole non-commercial approach works out. I know some people who don&amp;#x27;t want to get into growing and don&amp;#x27;t want to join a club.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ivirshup</author><text>Most Germans live in apartments, and rent. The growing and processing does produce strong odors, which a landlord&amp;#x2F; neighbors may not approve of.</text></comment>