The incoming German ruling coalition, commonly known as the “traffic light coalition,” recently announced plans to introduce measures to legalize adult-use marijuana.

The pending legislation will be tabled at the next session, according to a coalition of members of the German Social Democrats (SPD), the Free Democrats (FDP) and the Green Party.

Legalization in Germany was discussed at length at the last International Cannabis Business Conference in Berlin, with a historic Group dedicated to German cannabis policy Comprised of panelists representing all major political parties.

Germany will not be the first country to legalize cannabis for adultsHowever, legalization in Germany could ultimately prove more important than countries that have done so so far.

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Germany has long had a strong innovation community. The country is known for its inventors, engineers, scientists and other leading international thinkers.

The country already has arguably the best medical marijuana industry framework on the planet, so innovative ideas, products and services have been popping up frequently.

As we all know, this is clearly the case with the nascent legal cannabis industry when there is a lot of money involved, with innovators scrambling to bring the next revolutionary idea to market for financial rewards.

Legalizing adult use will only further facilitate this happening in Germany, especially if Germany beats all other European countries to implement a regulated adult use industry.

the world will benefit

Technological advancements in Germany’s nascent cannabis industry will directly benefit consumers, patients, entrepreneurs, investors and industry service providers in Germany.

However, these benefits do not stay within Germany. As the legal cannabis industry is going global, what happens in Germany won’t necessarily stay in Germany.

There is no doubt that Germany will act as some kind of cannabis tech think tank, and the resulting truly innovative concepts will no doubt be exported to the rest of the world.

Legalization in Germany is likely to cause the entire global cannabis industry to experience a huge boost in innovation, and history will measure cannabis technology from before and after the implementation of legalization in Germany.