BERLIN - They seemed euphoric, left at the same time, seemed to come to new insights. The Kreuzberg "MyFest" was on May 1 under a thick cloud of marijuana.

No corner, no road without the sweet grass smell, many of the 40,000 people seemed intoxicated. Is that the reason why the violence faded into the background?

Interior Senator Frank Henkel (CDU): "That was numerically the most peaceful May 1 there has been since the start of the riots in 1987."

45 arrests, 41 of the 6,554 police officers deployed injured slightly, but all remained on duty. Only a few stones and bottles thrown at officers during the "Revolutionary May 1st demonstration".

Henkel: "The spark is not jumping. The dominance of violence be broken. "

For the"Global Marijuana March" about 400 cannabis-followers met in Stuttgart and to be in favour of the legalization of marijuana through the city.

Stuttgart / Heidelberg - for the legalization of marijuana hundreds in Stuttgart, Heidelberg and Tübingen have taken to the streets on Saturday. Even in the US, where the "Global Marijuana March" in 1999 originated, events were planned in many large cities. Cannabis products are illicit drugs in Germany. Possession, cultivation and trade are prohibited. The Green Youth advocates at the federal level for the legalization of cannabis.

From so-called drugs, there is usually only negative to report. The thoroughly existing medical potential of psychoactive substances is therefore often not perceived or further explored. Apart from cannabis currently but also substances such as LSD and Ketamine again get  more attention in medical research. How narrow is the line between drug and drug? Which medical potentials are currently being explored? And what are the risks?

Cannabis on prescription?

The umbrella organization of cannabis friends has trouble with the police in the southwest, this would be targeted pot smoking. On May 2 the "Global Marijuana March 2015"  in Stuttgart, Heidelberg and Tübingen will demonstrate for the legalization of pot.

Heidelberg / Berlin - The police in southern Germany from the perspective of the German Hemp Association were particularly hard against cannabis users before. "In Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, for example, stations are much more targeted with control people that look for potheads," said an association spokesman in Berlin the German Press Agency. "Many people here see this as very vexatious." The anger of the pothead is nationwide, it is largest in Bavaria, closely followed by Baden-Württemberg.

On May 9, the Global Marijuana March pulls through Cologne. City mayor Andreas Hupke will be at the demonstration as patron. The green party politician has long advocated for decriminalizing marijuana.

If the Global Marijuana March is in motion on the Haymarket downtown on May 9, Mayor Andreas Hupke is sure to be at the forefront. The green district politicians has long advocated for the decriminalization of hashish and marijuana - and has therefore assumed the role of patron for the protest. "For the first time since the founding of the Federal Republic a mayor supports a demonstration for the legalization of cannabis with his patronage," exults Willie Obst, local organizer of the annual international demonstration.

Prohibition benefits dealers

The federal government wants to make cannabis more accessible to sick Germans as a means for pain relief, according to the country's drug representative. 'High time,' say supporters of legalization.

In Europe, the legislation varied from one country to another. And the most stringent laws do not necessarily produce the best effects.

According to the French Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (OFDT), nearly one in two French smoked cannabis. However, France has one of the toughest laws on drug use, even so-called "soft" drugs. In Europe, laws differ. On one hand the countries that decriminalize, are tolerant, do not condemn. And conversely those which are very severe. Scientific studies are struggling to establish links between the laws in force and the actual consumption of drugs. If consumption is sometimes tolerated in different forms, the sale and cultivation of cannabis are of course mostly misdemeanors.

Countries that tolerate

Buchkirchen, 04/21/2015. The Anmathe Beteiligungs AG acquired an additional license of an established California-based company. It is the first edible product (edibles) in the portfolio of future cannabis BRANDS AG. The change of name will be proposed in the Annual General Meeting to be convened shortly. The market for edible products that are enriched in the US with THC or CBD, has very strong growth and is gaining in importance, says André H. Müller, CEO of the company.

It is on trend these days to support the growing marijuana business model. There are two parts of the discussion – medical marijuana that is now legalized in twenty-three states and the District of Columbia; as well as the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in four states. On CNN’s Weed 3: The Marijuana Revolution hosted by Sanjay Gupta M.D., President Obama reiterated that, “I’m on record as saying not only do I think carefully prescribed medical use of marijuana may in fact be appropriate and we should follow the science as opposed to ideology.”

The stoner holiday of 4/20 may not be as popular in Germany as in its homeland the United States, but weed is nonetheless a hot topic in Europe’s largest economy. For the hemp holiday on Monday, The Local shares five things you should know about weed in Germany.