06 What is the position of these parties on:
-harm reduction, health-based approach to drugs
-decriminalisation of cannabis and/or other drugs
-Cannabis Social Clubs?
06 Welche Positionen haben diese Parteien bei den Themen:
- Schadensminderung, gesundheitsbasierter Ansatz bei Drogen
- Entkriminalisierung von Cannabis und/oder anderen Drogen
- Cannabis Social Clubs?
There are clear differences between the parties.
In general, CDU, CSU, AfD, and FDP are against progressive drug policies, with the CSU representing the right edge. The AfD haven’t really stated their position yet and the FDP differs only slightly. Green Party, Left Party and Pirates are in favor of a progressive drug policy and in addition demand legalisation and regulation of drugs other then cannabis. The SPD’s position is unclear. They claim to be against criminalization and in favor of cannabis as medicine, but at the same time turn down initiatives brought forward by the Green and the Left without contributing any proposal for amendment.
07 What are the two most important threats to drug consumers on the political and legal front? 07 Was sind die zwei größten Gefahren für Drogengebraucher an der politischen und rechtlichen Front?
Apart from criminal prosecution, the abuse of driver license legislation is a big problem. Frank Tempel from the Left Party summarizes that “The war on drugs is arbitrarily continued in traffic law”. Unfortunately, drug policy is not a core theme of the political work of any of the progressive parties (Green, Left, Pirates).
08 What is the most promising or positive development concerning drug policy?
08 Welches ist die vielversprechendste oder positivste Entwicklung in der Drogenpolitik?
With the Pirate Party, there is now a third progressive party and the competition between them drives the issue forward.
The most exciting project is an initiative by the Green Party in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and their district mayor Monika Herrmann. They want to make an application for a model test and legally distribute cannabis. For a majority in the district assembly, the Green Party only needs the approval of the Left or the Pirate Party.
The application “Coffee shop at the Görlitzer Park” (ref. no. DS/0807/IV) is currently discussed in parliament and will probably be decided about in late November. This is the text:
“The district authority is charged to implement required measurements in cooperation with experts, information centers and local residents to counter the negative results of prohibition and the resulting black market.
This includes
- summoning a round table/expert meetings in cooperation with local residents and/or initiatives concerning Görlitzer Park, local addiction treatment centers, the police, and politicians with expertise in that matter
- clarifying open legal issues, i.e. who will operate the shop, where to procure the material, and making the application at the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) for the authorization for controlled and licensed distribution of cannabis products
- making sure that opening and operating a coffee shop serves public interest, i.e. ensuring that the required scientific monitoring of the model test is carried out together with suitable research centers, so that the model test is justified by scientific interest.”
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