Should Germany legalize cannabis? | Flipping the Script

Around four million people in Germany use cannabis regularly or occasionally. Countries like Mexico and Portugal have already legalized cannabis. Should Germany follow in their footsteps? That’s what we want to discuss with our two debaters. Max Plennert has previously worked for the German Hemp Association and is a cannabis patient himself. He says that cannabis should be legalized. Our other debater Martin Rüdiger disagrees. He leads an addiction clinic in Berlin and says legalizing cannabis would send the wrong signal.

The four-part series tackles issues such as climate change, migration, cannabis legalization and social mobility, putting the concerns of citizens from diverse backgrounds at the heart of political debates. Politicians from different political parties were the audience, asked questions and made comments. Invitations to attend Flipping the Script were extended to politicians from all parties with a parliamentary group in the German Bundestag.

Chapters
00:00 – Introduction
06:25 – Yes or no: The risks of cannabis are often underestimated.
12:22 – Yes or no: Criminalization does more harm than good.
18:02 – Yes or no: Germany is throwing money out the window with its current drug policies.
23:02 – Yes or no: Education about addiction is still lacking in Germany.
25:48 – Politicians reflect on “Flipping the Script”

Politicians in the audience:
Patrick Sensburg, CDU
Bianca Praetorius, CDU
Derya Türk-Nachbaur, SPD
Viola Matthtil-Reuther, SPD
Annika Klose, SPD
Georg Kössler, The Greens
Marcel Emmerich, The Greens
Georg Kurz, The Greens
Lukas Köhler, FDP
Robert Fietzke, The Left
Anke Domscheit Berg, The Left
Lorenz Gösta Beutin, The Left
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