Pilot project: cannabis to be sold in two districts

The Berlin districts of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg and Neukölln want to start selling cannabis through several specialist stores next year.

This is made possible by a pilot project that will be scientifically monitored. Customers who want to buy cannabis must take part in the scientific study and register, the districts announced on Wednesday. They must also be resident in one of the two districts.

Launch of the pilot project planned for summer 2025

The sale is organized by a company that buys the cannabis from legal producers in Germany or abroad and sells it on to registered consumers in specialist stores.The two districts, Humboldt University and the Danity Group company signed a letter of intent to this effect on Wednesday. The application for approval of the project is to be submitted to the relevant federal authority as soon as possible. The sale could begin next summer, it was said.