Or, if you’re not a dumb tourist who likes being scammed, don’t go to the Oktoberfest.

I am all for cannabis legalisation, and have fought for it for years,even though I don’t like to consume it (only makes me sick…)

BUT: I have been a medic on the Oktoberfest for a decade and while these times are long gone, I absolutely support the ban there.

Here’s why: First Alcohol and THC do not mix well. At all. In more than 20 years of emergency medicine I saw two THC overdoses - which were easy to handle. But high dose alcohol AND THC is a massive problem and will lead to people getting admitted to ICU for monitoring purpose as it is beyond what the (very advanced) medical services at the Oktoberfest can handle themselves. And ICU beds are in absolute short supply. So while alcohol is a problem and I wish the local government would put more pressure on the waiters to force them to refuse to deliver “the final Maß”(last beer) that pushes people over the edge, my former colleagues can easily handle that. But mixed-agent intoxication is a totally different beast. Don’t get me wrong, Alcohol will be the main nox in these cases - but the combination is the problem.

Furthermore the Oktoberfest is crowded as hell. And there is literally zero chance that one is able to smoke without interfering with someone else - staff, other visitors, etc. And just like nicotine letting someone else co-consume without asking them for approval is inconsiderate as fuck - especially as there are drugs that do not mix well with THC, even more so even alcohol comes into play.

Don’t forget cannabis costs jobs. Breweries will go bankrupt. No delivery jobs, no selling beer in Tents, no waiters & waitresses, no tax paying, no fees, no fines … and Bavaria is history. And all because everyone’s bringing cannabis to Oktoberfest. /s

Bavaria’s government said in a statement that it wants to "limit the public consumption of cannabis despite the federal government’s dangerous legalization law.

“A family festival like the [Oktoberfest] and cannabis consumption don’t go together,” he said.

Fucking lol. At a festival where people routinely get sick drunk and fall out everywhere is concerned about being family friendly? Sounds more like they’re jealous people can get inebriated without drinking alcohol.

This is only to be expected, as is the inclusion of weed tents and smoking areas once they see it’ll make them money.

People making money don’t want things to change until it’s clear they can make more money.

I mean, that seems fair. It’s a beer event. Like really a beer event. You can come and go as you please, so just go for a walk if you want to blaze.