Yet another acknowledgment that prohibition does not work, taking a cue from Portugal, the Czech Republic plans tomorrow to legalize possession of various illicit substances at specified amounts. Note that this is only in regards to possession: possession of larger amounts and trade still remain illegal and will draw prison sentences.
Marijuana: 15 grams (or five plants)
Hashish: 5 grams
Magic mushrooms: 40 pieces
Peyote: 5 plants
LSD: 5 tablets
Ecstasy: 4 tablets
Amphetamine: 2 grams
Methamphetamine: 2 grams
Heroin: 1.5 grams
Coca: 5 plants
Cocaine: 1 gram
http://www.harderfaster.net/?sid=8e0a70d2ccf7cb7a66cc749f76e89864§io...
Excerpted:
“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,” Czech club promoter Ales Bleha predicted. “The Czech Republic is already sometimes called the 2nd Amsterdam or ‘Amsterdam of the East’.
“But what’s really important about these new laws is that they represent genuine decriminalization which is an important next step towards full legalization which I believe is the only possible solution for dealing with drugs and reducing the damage associated with them. I don’t consider drug users as a problem, the problems come from the criminals and mafias involved in selling them,” he said.
Amounts and types:
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/613/czech_republic_decriminalization...
