FAQ

An association in which adults grow cannabis together for their own use. The law calls it a cultivation association (Anbauvereinigung). More on this under What is a cannabis social club?

The club was founded on 5 September 2023 and is registered with Dortmund Local Court under VR 7945. The Arnsberg District Government granted its licence as a cultivation association on 25 November 2024. Cultivation began on 1 January 2025, the first harvest was in April 2025 and cannabis was first passed on to members in May 2025.

Under the Consumer Cannabis Act (KCanG), you must be at least 18, have had your residence or habitual abode in Germany for at least six months and not be a member of another cultivation association (§ 16 KCanG). This means that anyone who does not live in Germany, for example visitors from abroad, cannot become a member. You also accept the statutes, the fee regulations and the code of conduct. The Membership page explains everything else.

You apply online in the members’ portal. You can switch the form to English using its language selector. Before you submit it, you choose a date there for the introductory interview or suggest your own dates. The interview is held in German or English. After the interview, the board decides. Once you are accepted, you sign a confidentiality agreement digitally and set up your account in our club app CannanasDE within seven days. There is no entitlement to admission.

That is largely up to you: you choose the date directly in the application, before you submit it. If none of the dates offered suits you, suggest your own and we will get back to you as soon as we can. The interview takes about 45 minutes, either at our office at Speicherstraße 100 or online by video, in German or English.

A valid official photo ID: your German identity card (Personalausweis), a passport together with a current certificate of registration (Meldebescheinigung), or another official photo ID. A driving licence is not enough. The law requires us to check your age and residence in this way (§ 16 para. 4 KCanG). Without suitable ID, we cannot hold the interview.

Yes. A companion is welcome if they are an adult and can show ID at the interview.

No. We only pass on cannabis to members, and only after admission (§ 19 KCanG). The law does not allow samples for people who are interested in joining.

The basic fee is €15.00 a month; there is currently no admission fee. For cannabis, there is also a cost contribution per gram, currently €9.00 for flowers and €15.00 for hashish, each including VAT. The Costs page explains everything else.

After admission. The amount you gave in your application applies to the quarter of your introductory interview. As soon as the cost contribution has been paid, you collect the cannabis in person at our distribution point. You will receive the address after admission. You must bring your membership card, which you have digitally in the Cannanas app, and an official photo ID (§ 19 para. 2 KCanG). Shipping and delivery are prohibited.

No. Only members themselves receive cannabis, in person at our distribution point and after their membership card and official photo ID have been checked (§ 19 para. 2 KCanG). Shipping and delivery are prohibited.

No. What you receive from us is for your own use only. Passing it on to others is prohibited and a criminal offence (§ 34 KCanG); if an adult over 21 passes it on to minors, this is generally treated as a particularly serious case.

No. Consumption is prohibited on the premises of a cultivation association and within sight of its entrance (§ 5 para. 2 KCanG). That includes right outside the door.

In a cultivation association, the members grow together; the law speaks of active participation (§ 17 para. 2 KCanG). For us, this mainly means that you fill in the survey in the members’ portal before each quarter so that we can plan. Anyone who would like to help out beyond that, for example with trimming, is always welcome. You will find out more at the introductory interview.

We only grow what our members actually need. That is why, before each quarter, you state in the members’ portal how much you would like to receive in each of the next three months. All the answers together determine how many plants we start. Our cannabis keeps for six months from the day of harvest, so as little as possible expires and nobody goes without.

Your order is binding: we grow that amount specifically for you, so the cost contribution for it is due even if you do not collect all of it. Reducing it afterwards is only possible in cases of hardship; if so, please talk to us early. If you do not order, you only receive what is left after all orders have been met.

We collect the basic fee by SEPA direct debit, monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or yearly, as you prefer. You pay the cost contribution for cannabis in advance, by bank transfer only. There are no other options: card payment, PayPal and Klarna are ruled out because the providers exclude anything to do with THC, and we do not accept cash for compliance and security reasons. When you make the transfer, enter the payment reference exactly as it appears in your booking. Our system will then match the payment automatically. Transfers usually reach us quickly. We only pass on cannabis once all fees and contributions due have been paid.

By email to [email protected] or directly in our club app CannanasDE. Membership lasts at least three months (§ 16 para. 5 KCanG); notice periods and dates are set out in the statutes. An open quarterly order remains binding until you leave.

No, not even at 50 grams a month. Every gram costs the same. A reduction for larger amounts would be an incentive to consume more. The Arnsberg District Government, our licensing authority, has confirmed to us that discounts are not permitted.

No. We do pass on flowers in steps of 5 grams, but you do not have to order anything. If you do not receive any cannabis, you only pay the basic fee.

From 21: no more than 25 grams a day and 50 grams a month. From 18 to 20: no more than 25 grams a day and 30 grams a month, and the cannabis may contain no more than 10% THC (§ 19 para. 3 KCanG). The club app Cannanas enforces these limits every time cannabis is handed out.

As § 18 KCanG requires, an independent laboratory determines the content of THC, CBD and other active substances in every batch. Every batch is tested for heavy metals, microbial contamination and mould toxins, either individually or together with other harvests in a pooled sample. So far, no sample has been flagged. All results are on the Lab resultsDE page.

The club has a health and youth protection plan (§ 23 KCanG). Two prevention officers advise members confidentially and refer them to addiction counselling services if needed. There is also an anonymous self-test, a knowledge section and prevention training; see Prevention. People under 18 are not allowed on our premises; more under Youth protection.

In the presence of minors, within sight of schools, children’s playgrounds, children’s and youth facilities, sports facilities and cultivation associations, and in pedestrian zones between 7 am and 8 pm (§ 5 KCanG). Our map of no-consumption zones shows the zones. The Cannabis in Dortmund page explains the other rules.