Portugal and Holland have decriminalized consumption and associated posession, but nothing else. Sales there are already in a legal gray area, e.g. because the

Portugal and Holland have decriminalized consumption and associated posession, but nothing else. Sales there are already in a legal gray area, e.g. because the Netherlands do not allow production or trade, so all the places selling cannabis there have to get their product illegally. Sales in coffeeshops are actually illegal, but not punishable, if done following certain rules. I don't know the details about Portugal, but in the Netherlands, Cannabis is still an illegal drug overall, just with the aforementioned plus medical exceptions. But even that is against EU laws, there just hasn't been any action from the EU comission to enforce that yet. So the hope for Germany is that maybe the comission will continue to look away even for a wider decriminalization.