drugs in 2010 
Januar: Am 1. Januar trat in Tschechien ein neues, sehr liberales Drogengesetz in Kraft. Der Besitz von Drogen (auch von "Harten" wie Heroin oder Kokain) in Eigenverbrauchsmengen stellt seither nur noch eine Ordnungswidrigkeit dar. Auch wenn an der deutsch-tschechichen Grenze noch keine holländischen Verhältinisse herrschen, der Drogentorismus blühte auf. Nur weil 2010 auch Bundespolizei von der Grenze abgezogen und daher weniger kontrolliert wurde, explodierten die Fallzahlen nicht.
February: On 20 February continued the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) Margot Kaessmann in Hanover with a blood alcohol concentration of 1.54 ‰ at a red traffic light and was stopped by the police. In the media, this crime from 23 February addressed nationwide. The Council of the EKD said Käßmann unanimous vote of confidence, and pledges its full support if they decide to remain in office. Some within the church opponent who had already rejected their choice warned against negative consequences of their whereabouts. After Käßmann her "terrible mistake" that they "dangerous and irresponsible ", called on 23 February "deeply regrets" had resigned the next day of Bishops and Council President: Your mistakes have damaged their leadership posts, and you can not continue to exert the necessary authority. She wanted in her own straightforwardness remain free.
March a hoax (hoax) who pulls haunts for several years through the web again attention. Apparently, a women bent to the drug "Burundanga" soaked business card in hand. Shortly thereafter, they are for the purpose of rape impotent. Although there are cases is where women have become victims of narcotic drugs in drinks of sexual assault. The Burundanga cards are a legend.
April are 1.33 tons of cocaine at the port of Hamburg a new German drug discovery record (previously 1.25 tonnes). The cocaine was hidden in pallets of wood briquettes. The find was of course no accident since November 2010 established customs and police against the gang. 19 apartments and offices were searched by 200 police officers, 7 people were arrested.
May fell this year, "Lord's Day" and the "day of the labor movement" together. On 1 May, the police in ganz Deutschland jede Menge zu tun. Alkohol trinkende "erlebnisorientierte Jugendliche" randalieren, kloppen sich untereinader und der Polizei. Ein politischer Hintergrund ist kaum mehr auszumachen. Alkohol, Gewalt und Spaß haben scheint für viele zusammen zu gehören.
Juni: Am 5 Juni begann in Weimar die Veranstaltungsreihe „Genuss – Gift – Geist“. Veranstalter war der Arbeitskreis Drogenkritik, eine kleine Gruppe junger Menschen aus Weimar, die sich mit dem Themenkomplex: Drogen, Rausch, Gesellschaft beschäftigen.
Juli: Das bayerische Volk hat entschieden: 61 Prozent der Wahlbeteiligten votierten the referendum on July 04 for return to strict smoking ban in restaurants. The introduced in 2008 Non smoking Protection Act was riddled by popular vote on specific rules. But now it is called "exceptions" are deleted. Since August of Bavaria is Germany's strictest Non smoking Protection Act.
August: The 14th Hemp parade was held on Saturday 7 August 2010, under the motto cannabis world culture! instead. It began with a rally at 13:00 clock between the television tower and S-Bahnhof Alexanderplatz. From there, the demonstration resulted in several music floats in the middle of the government district, where the protest march at the Hackescher Markt district, Department of Health and stopped by the Russian Embassy for intermediate rallies. The closing ceremony was held in the Scheidemannstraße between the Federal Chancellery, the Reichstag and the Brandenburg Gate. At the demonstration was attended by about 2,000 people. The police had arrested 23 people, mostly around the end of the demonstration temporarily. are therefore generally violations of the Narcotics Act was, police said. The same weekend in Berlin held Biermeile attracted 800,000 visitors.
September: In the Czech Leitmeritz were the Social Democrats with unusual methods to catch members. A middleman offered young people one gram of marijuana each, if they enter the party. All top secret, of course. For such a thing is even in the Czech Republic, where a liberal drug law is illegal. Members of his own party have bust open the case. Them the dubious machinations went too far.
October Oktoberfest (some call it Germany's largest open drug scene) in Munich ends at 04 October. Tourism Manager Weishäupl announced that this year about 6.4 million compared to the previous year 5.7 million people will have visited the Oktoberfest. The Oktoberfest has taken about 950 million euros. 20 percent of visitors to the Oktoberfest kamen auch dieses Jahr wieder aus anderen Ländern. 970 Menschen benötigten Versorgung, 475 ärztliche Behandlung und 106 Hilfe wegen zu viel Alkohol.
November: In Berlin öffnete am 05. November im "Hamburger Bahnhof" die Kunst-Experiment-Ausstellung "Soma". Sie beschäftigt sich mit der Frage der Rauschwirkung in Rentierurin wenn diese zuvor Fliegenpilze gegessen haben. In der Ausstellung kann sogar Übernachtet und eben dieser Rentierurin gekostet werden. Sie ist noch bis Anfang Februar geöffnet.
Dezember: Der Bundesrat hat in seiner Sitzung am 17. Dezember der Änderung des Tabaksteuergesetzes zugestimmt. Mit dem Law will be implemented mainly by the European tobacco tax policy, thereby raising the tobacco tax in several stages up to January 2015. The Federal Council had objected to the original bill, the federal government in September 2010 no objections. In the draft, however, was to increase the tobacco tax, a pack of cigarettes by about four to eight cents more expensive every year, but not included. The Assembly has included this provision in the law to take further steps towards fiscal consolidation. The measure promises for the federal government revenue of 200 million euros for the year 2011. This amount adds up to about one billion euros in 2015. In addition, stressed the Bundestag in the draft yet proposed amendment of the beer tax law to implement these arrangements in a separate legislative process. This step is subject to the law no longer need approval by the Bundesrat.
(Sources: Drug Guide / ARD / Noows.de / Spiegel.de / Wikipedia / Welt.de / LexisNexis.de)
