Bavaria mulls cannabis-free Oktoberfest beer party - BBC News

3 years ago by sabreW4K3 to c/germany

Munich's annual event may be declared a drug-free event, even though cannabis is now legal in Germany.

Boooooooo!!!

geissi 49 points 3 years ago

Munich's annual event may be declared a drug-free event

Except for alcohol, nicotine, caffeine,, ...

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clifftiger 16 points 3 years ago

What about crystal mett?

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jol 2 points 3 years ago

Only for the staff.

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SomeGuy69 2 points 3 years ago

Cocaine, It's called Wiesn-Koks

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mojofrododojo 33 points 3 years ago

Why? What's the motivation?

From my own experience I'm much less likely to get shitfaced if I have a joint - just happily buzzed.

And are people smoking a bit of grass really that worse than the vomiting, comatose people these events normally produce?

Deutschland, help me understand!

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colmear 43 points 3 years ago

The motivation is to stoke fears in people that are against cannabis. For the conservatives like CDU and CSU party every change is bad. They even promised to illegalize weed once they are ruling again

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mojofrododojo 10 points 3 years ago

Damn, ty for the insight.

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lurch 28 points 3 years ago

Alcohol lobbyism.

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mojofrododojo 9 points 3 years ago

Ah, same as here in the US. Fuck.

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Dathknight 15 points 3 years ago

With the difference that you are allowed to buy and consume beer and wine at the age of 16 (hard liquor with 18).

So the whole "protecting the youth"-spil is idiotic ...

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mojofrododojo 3 points 3 years ago

damn that seems awfully young for booze.

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Nacktmull 20 points 3 years ago

Not surprising at all. It is Bavaria -the land of the lederhosen- we re talking about, also referred to as the "Texas of Germany". They have their heads so far up their asses that they consider alcohol to be a harmless staple food and at the same time think that cannabis is a drug as dangerous as heroin and crack. Many of those clowns even believe cannabis is administered by injection, lol.

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accideath 18 points 3 years ago

Well for one, the governing party in bavaria (CSU) is heavily against cannabis so that might play its part. But also, if you’re happily blazed you won’t buy the absurdly expensive beer at the Oktoberfest. If you aren’t high they can sell you beer for 15€/litre so you can get drunk instead and make them lots of profit.

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mojofrododojo 4 points 3 years ago

they can sell you beer for 15€/litre

holy fuck I've been to some pricy oktoberfests but that shit is bonkers

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accideath 10 points 3 years ago

Well in 2023 it was between 12,60€ and 14,80€ in 2023 for a Maß (1l) so it might just crack the 15€ mark this year. But the Oktoberfest in Munich is legendarily expensive. Like, that’s basically double what you pay in a regular Biergarten in Bavaria, outside of the cities. And there are more than enough willing to pay that price.

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TwoCubed 5 points 3 years ago

That's the point. People buy less beer when they're high. That mean less money. Bavaria has many breweries and they're all lobbying against another legal drug other than alcohol because they fear that sales will go down. Sales will go down though, and that's a good thing because alcohol actually makes people sick and even kills people

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jol 5 points 3 years ago

Money. If you smoke weed you'll be less likely to drink copious amounts of beer. At least that's what I do when I want to save on overpriced drinks. Why should I drink 3 beer steins when 1 puff of weed makes be just as buzzed with no hangover?

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mojofrododojo 1 point 3 years ago

Yeah, it seems this is the consensus. I'd hoped the .de was somehow more mature / realistic about this dynamic. Sorry, haven't been to visit since before the wall came down. It's on my hopes to return one day but......

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Che_Donkey 19 points 3 years ago

Don't worry, there is still plenty of coccaine

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toastus 6 points 3 years ago

I like how they sell fake cocaine to give plausible deniability to those who like to use in the open.

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sabreW4K3 1 point 3 years ago

They do?

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toastus 6 points 3 years ago

Yeah it's called Wiesnkoks.

This link claims it is a mixture of menthol and glucose, but I have also heard of Schnupftabak/snuff (?) that was dyed white somehow.

Oh and obviously there is plenty of real cocaine at the Oktoberfest as well.

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accideath 5 points 3 years ago

Yea but as the article mentions, Wiesnkoks got prohibited for those exact reasons.

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Zacryon 14 points 3 years ago

No no no. You must understand, Cannabis is a drug! Alcohol is clearly not!!!1!! /s

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