Germany airs scaled-back plan to legalize cannabis for adult use through buyer clubs

Germany’s Health Minister Karl Lauterbach on Wednesday presented a plan to decriminalize cannabis by allowing cannabis purchases through membership in non-profit cannabis clubs. “More and more young people are using the drug,” Lauterbach said in a statement. “The black market goods are often contaminated and create additional health hazards. We can no longer accept this. That’s why we dare the controlled sale of cannabis to adults within clear limits and push back the black market, flanked by preventive measures for young people.” Officials said rules by the European Union on cannabis prevented a more widespread cannabis…