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Czech Republic decrimalises all drugs6

The Czech Republic has followed in Portugal’s footsteps, becoming the second European country to formally decriminalise drug possession last week. The country announced specific quantities beneath which users will not be prosecuted. Under the new laws (which come into force on January 1st, 2010) Czech people will be allowed to possess up to four ecstasy tablets, 15 grams (half an ounce) of marijuana, five grams of hash and one gram of cocaine, although the threat of prison sentences is still in place for those in possession of more.

Czech club promoter Ales Bleha told Skrufff he’s delighted about the new laws, though said he expects them to have minimal impact on Czech people. “Few people have any problems with drugs here already, unless they deliberately provoke the police or do stupid things, and people who already smoke marijuana or use hard drugs will do so the same as before,” he predicted. “The Czech Republic is already sometimes called the second Amsterdam or Amsterdam of the East.”

“But what’s really important about these new laws is that they represent genuine decriminalisation, which is an important next step towards full legalisation, which I believe is the only possible solution for dealing with drugs and reducing the damage associated with them,” he continued. “I don’t consider drug users as a problem, the problems come from the criminals and mafias involved in selling them. I think the quantities they’ve set are OK too,” Ales explained. “At least speaking from my own personal experience, I only smoke marijuana so I can’t really speak about the other drugs, but I’d certainly never have more than five grams on me.”

“I hope that drugs will be legalised in the whole [of] Europe within the next decade or two,” he added. “It is the best way [get] this problem under control, because as I already said – the real problem is that presented by drug dealers and drug mafia, not about users. And when drugs are forbidden prices go up and they become more attractive for young people.”


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