Around two years after the partial legalization of cannabis, 25 cultivation clubs have been established in Saxony. According to a survey by the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland, there are 413 associations nationwide.
In relation to the population, Saxony is in the middle of the federal states with a figure of 0.62 approved cultivation clubs per 100,000 inhabitants. In Saxony-Anhalt, the figure is 0.75 and in Thuringia 0.29 cultivation clubs per 100,000 inhabitants.
Lower Saxony leads the nationwide ranking with 1.06 approved grow clubs per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Hamburg (0.91) and Brandenburg (0.82). Bavaria has the fewest associations per 100,000 inhabitants with 0.07.