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The German legalization bill was published on July 5. The draft law describes the first phase of the two-stage legalization process in Germany.

The German legalization bill includes information on cannabis use, home cultivation, the establishment of cannabis growers associations and models of cannabis social clubs.

While legalization in Germany has pros and cons, at least on paper, the bill is superior to the corporatization models of countries like Canada.

Likewise, the United States could learn a lot from the German legalization bill.

Additionally, insights into post-WWII German culture help explain the radical “woke” activists who took over large corporations and institutions, including many in the cannabis industry.

Details of the German legalization bill

We have already reported on the legalization process in Germany. But now we have concrete answers with a draft bill published by the Federal Ministry of Health.

• Adults over the age of 18 can possess up to 25 grams of cannabis
• Adults over 18 can cultivate up to 3 plants
• Consumption within a radius of 200 meters from schools, playgrounds and other youth facilities is prohibited.
• Consumption in “pedestrian zones” between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. is prohibited

The German draft law for legalization also provides for the establishment of cannabis growers’ associations or growers’ associations.

The draft law stipulates that each association can have up to 500 members. These clubs can provide their members with seven seeds or five cuttings per month.

Germans will not be allowed to consume cannabis inside and near these clubs. The government also prohibits these clubs from advertising or sponsoring events.

The associations are regulated by the state governments. According to the German legalization bill, there is a maximum limit of one club per 6,000 inhabitants.

Deletion of cannabis from the Narcotics Act

Germany’s draft legalization bill would remove cannabis from the country’s narcotics law.

Proponents say this will give the medical industry more flexibility, as patients can receive a regular cannabis prescription instead of a specialized narcotic prescription.

As already mentioned, the German legalization bill consists of two parts. Many expect the government to approve the first phase by August, which could mean German social cannabis clubs by the end of the year.

The second phase of the German legalization model will be published later this year. It requires a review by the European Commission.

Previously, Germany had plans to legalize cannabis commercially. However, European laws and international treaties prevented the country from enforcing this.

While the world has ignored Canada and Uruguay’s disregard for international drug laws, the situation in Germany is more sensitive. Other EU member states could have sanctioned Germany and jeopardized trade agreements.

Of course, Germany could have uncovered their bluff. A strong economy, without Germany there is no European Union. They could have said, “Let’s legalize how we want. Deal with it.”

Since the end of World War II, however, Germans have been reluctant to take bold steps to break away from European sensibilities.

There is the term “German collective guilt” or collective guilt, which refers to the guilt that individual Germans feel for the atrocities of the Holocaust and World War II.

It is the basis of today’s far left “Wokeism”.

The lesson behind the German legalization bill

Germany originally intended to legalize cannabis commercially. The EU said no, so Germany went back to the drawing board. The result is the German legalization bill.

In a way, German guilt has produced a far better legalization system that rewards local, small producers rather than big corporations.

But this is a bright spot in an otherwise terrible policy of placing cultural guilt on innocent people.

After the war, Allied forces began a propaganda campaign promoting shame and guilt. A famous poster showing a Nazi concentration camp read: “Your fault!”

The philosopher and psychologist Karl Jaspers said: “The admission of national guilt was a necessary condition for Germany’s moral and political rebirth.”

Now this is neither the time nor the place to go into the details of German history. Whether “national guilt” was necessary for the country’s citizens after World War II is outside the scope of the German legalization bill.

But as every industry — including the cannabis industry — is being conquered by “woke” radicals, it’s worth noting the commonalities.

Alertness: A German disease?

Like the German legalization bill, wokeism consists of two parts.

The first part is leftist identity politics on steroids. Here its origins can be traced back to Critical Theory and the Frankfurt School of Marxism.

The second part is less known. It is the German collective debt process, but transplanted to America.

Instead of German citizens being shamed for the actions of Hitler, ordinary Americans (mainly white Americans) are now being shamed for the actions of the slave owners.

German author Bernhard Schlink said that being German was a big burden because of the country’s past. Now we see the same thing in today’s extreme left. Being “white” comes with a significant burden.

No one with decency or common sense denies that what the Nazis did was beyond horrible. Likewise, the fact that slavery continued in America into the 19th century is frightening, to say the least.

But what do the people of today have to do with the past? As comedian Doug Stanhope says, “It’s dead people’s luggage. Stop carrying it.”

Likewise, a cannabis company should focus on providing consumers (or medical patients) with premium cannabis.

The combination of identity politics and German-style guilt doesn’t make you more “progressive” or more enlightened. It makes you an annoying cult member.

Canada and the USA could learn a lot from Germany. The German legalization bill already looks more promising than either Biden or Trudeau’s top-down corporate plans.

We can also eradicate “woke” diseases by uncovering their origins in German-style collective guilt.