The Narcotic Drugs Act (, or BtMG) is the

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. In common with the

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of the United Kingdom and

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s of the US and Canada, it is a consolidation of prior regulation and an implementation of treaty obligations under the

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and other treaties. The BtMG updated the German Opium Law 1929 and mirrors the Swiss BtMG and Austrian Suchtmittelgesetz. The German Narcotics Act was re-announced on 1 March 1994. The last change to the law was the legalization of Cannabis in Germany on 1 April 2024. Since then, the handling of this drug has been subject to the German cannabis control bill.

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