The DSWV has submitted concrete proposals for action on how enforcement can be improved together with the federal states. The trade body has emphasised a need r to “turn good intentions into effective policy”.
At the heart of the proposals are a strengthening of legal providers in competition with illegal ones, which is said to be the most effective weapon against a mushrooming black market.
It must offer sufficiently attractive products for interested customers and can therefore hold its own against the illegal market.
DSWV explained: “This does not mean that regulatory elements must be dispensed with, as state licenses and the ability to advertise with them are a value in themselves. However, the attractiveness of the legal products must not lag so far behind the illegal ones, as is currently the case.”
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