The legalisation for recreational use in Germany and Spain is based on being a member of cannabis growers club. It was only legalised a few months ago so it will probably be December before I can get any from that source and I don’t think it will be any cheaper than the prescription route. Possession now isn’t a problem, and neither is vaping in public (apart from close to schools).
They only allow the cannabis bud to be distributed, no edibles which IMO is the most stupid implementation I can imagine, and encourages people to smoke or vape it, which while not as bad as tobacco for health still isn’t great. And when I started smoking tobacco as a younger man, it was because I had first started smoking cannabis.
I have bought an oil infuser now, which I much prefer to vaping, it takes an hour or 2 to feel the effects, but it is a more pleasant high IMO.
I have been in a fair bit of pain for a month or 2 with a back problem, and I find it helps me sleep. However the quality of sleep when using cannabis isn’t great, just quite a bit better than suffering through the pain.
When the CDU return to power next year, they will probably outlaw it again though.
