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German Politician Smokes Cannabis on Live Television

Secretsofthefed

Saturday 04 May 2013

On Thursday evening, German Politician Martin Lindner was a guest on Benjamin von Stuckrad Barre’s talk show, “Stuckrad Late Night,” and was offered a joint by the host, which he then proceeded to smoke on camera.

“I took a drag to refute the host’s claim that it was a real joint,” Lindner told Bild magazine.

“I don’t know what it really was, but I didn’t feel any intoxicating effect.” Both the show’s production company and Stuckrad-Barre himself have confirmed that it was indeed a real joint. “Mr. Lindner showed himself to be the ideal talk show guest,” the host told Bild.


According to the German publication Spiegel.de: ”Lindner’s party is the junior coalition partner in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right government. Still, it is unclear whether there will be any political repercussions.

While the possession of small amounts of the drug has been decriminalized in some parts of Germany, including Berlin, outright legalization remains controversial.

Indeed, both the FDP and Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats came out strongly in January against a Left Party proposal to allow the establishment of marijuana cafes. Some elements within the FDP, however, would like to see marijuana made legal.

The party’s youth wing distributed a statement on Friday calling for the drug to be placed on the same level as other “soft” drugs such as alcohol and nicotine.

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