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(FILES) An employee checks the quality of cannabis plants (marijuana) in a greenhouse at the production site of German pharmaceutical company Demecan for medical cannabis in Ebersbach near Dresden, eastern Germany on November 28, 2022. Flagship - and controversial - project of Olaf Scholz's coalition, the partial legalization of cannabis for recreational purposes comes into force on April 1, 2024 in Germany. (Photo by Jens Schlueter / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/JENS SCHLUETER)