Survey: One in two Germans against cannabis in restaurants
Published: Wednesday, Apr 17th 2024, 10:40
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Every second German does not want cannabis smoke in restaurants. When asked what rules landlords of beer gardens, cafés, pubs or restaurants should set for the drug, which has been legalized since the beginning of April, 48% say that cannabis should "not be allowed at all" in restaurants.
A further 14 percent believe that cannabis should only be permitted in certain establishments. This was the result of a survey conducted by the opinion research institute Yougov on behalf of the German Press Agency.
Since April 1, adults in Germany have been allowed to grow, possess and consume cannabis in certain quantities. Restaurateurs can prohibit their guests from smoking joints indoors and outdoors or even in certain places, as the German Hotel and Restaurant Association (Dehoga) emphasizes. In doing so, the landlords can make use of their domiciliary rights.
How the opinions of young and old differ
17 percent agree with cannabis consumption in outdoor restaurants - for example in street cafés or beer gardens. Another 17 percent say that landlords should allow their guests to smoke wherever cigarettes were already allowed to be smoked.
Older Germans are more likely to want a completely cannabis-free hospitality industry (59% of over 55-year-olds) than the youngest respondents (33% of young adults up to the age of 24 are completely against it). And it is striking that men and women are almost unanimous on the subject of cannabis in the catering trade, across all age groups.
This is how good or bad cannabis smells to German citizens
Every second German is bothered by the typical smell of cannabis smoke. The distinctive herbaceous haze is "very unpleasant", say 30 percent or "rather unpleasant" (18 percent). In contrast, 14 percent of respondents like the aroma: 8 percent answered "rather pleasant" and 6 percent "very pleasant".
According to the German government, the new cannabis regulations aim to combat the black market and reduce health risks. When asked "Do you believe that these goals will be achieved?", half answered "no" (31%) or "rather no" (18%). Just under a quarter of respondents (6% and 16% respectively) are confident that the government of the SPD, Greens and FDP will achieve or tend to achieve its goal with cannabis legalization.
What respondents expect in terms of social distancing rules
Cannabis consumption is still not permitted everywhere in Germany: it remains banned in playgrounds, within sight of nurseries and schools and in pedestrian zones during the day. The question of whether consumers are likely to adhere to these distancing rules divides Germans: 45% expect this to be "mostly" (14%) or "mostly" (31%). Another 45% expect this to be "mostly not" (24%) or "mostly not" (21%).
This is how many Germans have their own cannabis experience
According to the survey, six out of ten German citizens (59 percent) still have no personal experience of cannabis. Regular users are 2 percent, frequent users 5 percent. "Several times" 10 percent have used the drug, "once or a few times" 19 percent.
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