1. Odd soccer game last night in Koln. Was supposed to be a European Conference game. Game started up with a fair amount of fog, and about seven minutes later....the ref's determined that there simply wasn't enough 'sight' to conduct the game. Game was delayed around 75 minutes, and then the ref said 'enough'....halted, and game will be played tonight (Friday). From my prospective....watching video of the delay point....a player around 150 feet away could not be identified by the number on his jersey.....that's how bad the fog was.
2. Putin has made some odd statement (Thursday) of ready to meet and conduct a peace-situation. Anyone's guess as to what will happen. I suspect Turkey is the place where these talks might be held. If you asked me why now? Economic sanctions probably has begun to be felt.
3. Alfons Schuhbeck, fairly well-known German cook....sentenced to three years in prison for tax issues. Of the top thousand German promi's and recognizable.....he's in that group.
4. Weather for yesterday (Thursday) set a number of warm-records in Germany. It is unseasonably mild (rainfall occurring at least twice a week). My heat in the house has marginally turned on for the past thirty days.
5. Cannabis draft law in public now, and available via RBB:
A couple of the key points: Cannabis and the THC levels will be no longer classified as narcotic (probably will be taken to court), up to 30 grams will be legal in your possession, private cultivation in your home/garage will be allowed.
They did insert some words that if you have your own plants....they have to be kept away from kids/children. How this part works....unknown.
No advertising or mail order will be mandated.
There will be a tax of some type. The THC content will be figured into the tax....the more THC....the more the tax.
Licensed shops and pharmacies will be the only places you can buy it legally. A number of pharmacy organizations have openly said they will refuse to deal in the product.
Age limit? 18.
They suggest that the final price on the 'product', with tax included and shop costs....will be at the normal black market price. How they can guarantee this? Unknown. Personally, unless you had an exclusive trade situation....with a decent profit situation....I don't see how you'd beat the black-market situation/unlicensed dealers.
In the end, I suspect more than a quarter of all weed/cannabis sales will remain black-market....defeating the gov't program.
How many shops will end up existing? Anyone's guess. In a city the size of Wiesbaden (283k)....I doubt that the city licenses more than ten shops.
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