Cannabis users in Germany’s capital, Berlin, gathered at Brandenburg Gate on Monday to welcome a new law decriminalizing the personal use of the drug.
At midnight, it became legal for adults in Germany to carry up to 25 grans of cannabis and cultivate up to three marijuana plants at home.
“We can finally show ourselves, we don’t have to hide any more,” Henry Plottke, a member of the German Hemp Association (DHV), told dpa at the Berlin gathering.
The event was organized by the Berlin chapter of the DHV and was registered with the police.
What does the new law allow?
Adults aged 18 and…
