Items tagged with czech republic
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Drug Decriminalisation Across the World [31.12.2030] | The criminalisation of people who use drugs compounds drug-related challenges and worsens health and welfare outcomes. Across the world, there is a g ... |
Cannabis cafés and self-growing: Czechia presents draft of new marijuana law [11.01.2024] | The Czech government presented a draft of a cannabis regulation bill that, does not include the previously envisioned regulated cannabis market. The ... |
Potential cannabis associations to receive harm reduction training by next November [23.09.2023] | The Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis (ARUC) will be organising the first training on harm reduction for those Associations which have re ... |
Czech government wants to regulate kratom and other psychoactive substances [31.08.2023] | The Czech government has decided in favour of regulating, rather than banning, the sale of kratom, CBD or HHC products. A proposed bill to that effec ... |
Czechs have become more tolerant of cannabis use since 2019, says poll [03.07.2023] | 62% of Czechs consider the use of cannabis to be morally acceptable, according to a recent survey by the Centre for Public Opinion Research (CVVM), w ... |
Cannabis policy needs to be monitored for health impact - EU drugs agency [01.07.2023] | European countries that are widening their cannabis policies should invest in monitoring and evaluation to understand the impact on public health and ... |
New report describes growing complexity and change in cannabis laws in Europe [05.06.2023] | What forms of cannabis regulation are under consideration in Europe? What types of cannabis are controlled? Are cosmetic and wellness products contai ... |
Proposals for regulated cannabis market may end up in European Court, says official [30.05.2023] | The introduction of a legal, regulated cannabis market in the Czech Republic may end up in the European Court of Justice, said drug policy coordinato ... |
Move over, CBD: HHC is the new ‘legal cannabis’ these European countries want to ban [25.05.2023] | It may be the next big thing after the cannabidiol (CBD) wave and its controversies: HHC, also known as “synthetic cannabis”. HHC sellers tout the eu ... |
Legalise it? Czechia moving closer to regulated cannabis but obstacles remain [25.04.2023] | The Czech cabinet recently approved drug policies that include introducing a strictly regulated cannabis market. The details of the plan are still be ... |
Ban, ignore or regulate? Kratom and the Whac-A-Mole world of soft drugs [19.04.2023] | It’s a leaf, it’s sold as a dye, and it’s used as a drug: It’s kratom, and it’s all the rage in the Czech Republic. Kratom is among the dozens of psy ... |
Czechs go to pot [17.04.2023] | On April 5, the government approved the 2023-2025 Addiction Policy Action Plan, a wide-ranging policy reform package, including the liberalisation an ... |
Czechia's plans to legalize cannabis: Buy up to 5 grams per day, but register in a database first [13.04.2023] | Czechia plans to introduce a new, regulated cannabis market allowing people to consume up to 5 grams of cannabis recreationally per day, and legalize ... |
Czech government approves plan for regulated cannabis market [06.04.2023] | The Czech cabinet approved a plan for fighting addictions until 2025. It includes the introduction of a strictly regulated cannabis market based on r ... |
A proposal to regulate cannabis is imminent in the Czech Republic. The People's Party is concerned [19.12.2022] | In mid-January, the Czech National Drug Coordinator Jindřich Vobořil plans to introduce a bill to free up the cannabis market. The exact form of regu ... |
Study: Most Czechs want easing of laws on cannabis [07.12.2022] | Most Czechs would favour an easing of the current legalisation on possession and cultivation of cannabis, suggests a study by the firm Behavio for th ... |
Basic legislation proposal on legalizing cannabis should be ready by March 2023 [25.11.2022] | A basic legislation proposal for introducing a regulated cannabis market in Czechia should be finished by the end of March, the country’s National Dr ... |
Czech Republic on the way to legalizing cannabis [02.11.2022] | Tourists in Prague may get the impression that the Czech capital is also the cannabis capital of Europe. From stickers to posters, the iconic leaf of ... |
Vobořil: The state could raise up to CZK 15 billion annually by taxing addictive substances [17.10.2022] | Czechia could gain up to CZK 15 billion (EUR 600 million) a year thanks to new taxation of addictive substances and more efficient collection. The pr ... |
Pirates are preparing to legalize marijuana. Progress cannot be stopped even in the Czech Republic [16.09.2022] | The Pirates are fulfilling one of their pre-election promises. Pirates MPs prepared a bill on the legalization of cannabis in cooperation with the na ... |
Pirates: Legal marijuana could generate up to CZK 1.8 billion in taxes [14.09.2022] | Legalizing marijuana would bring the Czech state between CZK 650 million and CZK 1.8 billion in tax revenue, according to an analysis commissioned by ... |
Vobořil is looking for support for the regulated legal sale of cannabis [12.09.2022] | The new model of cannabis regulation in the Czech Republic envisages controlled sales in specialized branches, the liberalization of the use of canna ... |
Czechia, mulling cannabis decriminalisation, calls for joint EU action [08.09.2022] | Czech National Anti-drug Coordinator Jindřich Vobořil wants to strictly regulate the Czech cannabis market as cannabis sales should be decriminalised ... |
Is the Czech Republic on the cusp of a cannabis boom? [17.07.2021] | Czech legislation of marijuana is “more benevolent” than most other countries in Europe. Possession of fewer than 10 grams of marijuana and growing f ... |
Chamber of Deputies rejects move to relax cannabis laws [28.01.2021] | The Chamber of Deputies rejected a proposal to loosen cannabis laws in the Czech Republic, put forward by 40 deputies from six different parties. The ... |
Czech government moves to granting medical marijuana production licences to multiple growers [28.05.2020] | The Czech government has approved a draft amendment to the Act on Addictive Substances that will allow issuing licences to both grow and export medic ... |
Drug laws on possession: several countries are revisiting them and these are their options [02.08.2019] | Many countries are changing the way they approach people who use drugs. The Irish government has just announced possible alternatives to criminalisat ... |
Government likely to reject proposal on growing, possessing marihuana [15.12.2018] | The government is likely to reject a proposal from a group of MPs from six parties to further legalise marihuana, the Czech news agency ČTK reports. ... |
Medicinal cannabis policies and practices around the world [24.04.2018] | Although cannabis remains a prohibited substance worldwide, in recent decades a series of political, legislative and judicial processes in various pa ... |
Drugs in Europe: Not mind-stretching enough [17.06.2016] | European countries’ reforms have lost momentum, or even slipped backwards. Most drug-policy experts consider this a shame. The reformist countries’ e ... |
The old global consensus on the war on drugs is crumbling [09.04.2016] | Once a decade, the United Nations organizes a meeting where every country in the world comes together to figure out what to do about drugs — and up t ... |
A Quiet Revolution [14.03.2016] | This is the second edition of ‘A Quiet Revolution: Drug Decriminalisation Across the Globe’. The first edition was released in July 2012 and has sinc ... |
Medical cannabis market shows growing pains [26.01.2016] | The Czech Republic took a bold step back in 2013 when lawmakers agreed to legalise the sale of medicinal cannabis or marihuana. But the development o ... |
Cannabis policy in the Czech Republic [31.08.2015] | The Czech drug related legislation is quite extensive and includes laws as well as various by-laws. The most important feature of the Czech legislati ... |
Legal, illegal, ganz egal? Cannabis in Europa [30.01.2015] | Cannabis ist in Europa die mit Abstand am meisten konsumierte Droge. Fast jeder hat schon mal gekifft. Dennoch ist es in allen europäischen Ländern i ... |
Cannabis policy reform in Europe [27.12.2014] | While in the Americas cannabis policy reform is taking off, Europe seems to be lagging behind. That is to say, in European nations at the level of na ... |
Reform der Cannabispolitik in Europa [27.12.2014] | Während die Reform der Cannabispolitik in Amerika Fahrt aufnimmt, scheint Europa hinterherzuhinken. Genauer gesagt, die europäischen Staaten auf nati ... |
Patients still waiting to see benefits of 2013 law on medical marihuana [31.03.2014] | When the law on medical marihuana came into force in February of last year it seemed that the way was now open for patients suffering from cancer, mu ... |
Czechs can’t access medical marijuana half year after legalization [14.11.2013] | The Czech Republic’s parliament legalized medical marijuana this year by an overwhelming majority, with the law becoming effective April 1. But some ... |
Some 200 people protest against police raid on grow shops [08.11.2013] | Some 200 people protested in Prague's center against a recent police raid on Czech grow shops which sell equipment for indoor gardening and often for ... |
Medical marijuana is greenlit [05.02.2013] | Medical marijuana may soon be legally sold and available via doctors' prescriptions, with senators overwhelmingly approving the legislation in a 60-7 ... |
Czech Parliament backs medical marijuana, with a catch [29.01.2013] | The Czech Senate approved a bill allowing for the legal sale of cannabis for medical purposes, affirming a decision of the country’s lower house of p ... |
For medicinal use only? [17.12.2012] | The Czech Republic already has one of the world’s most liberal approach to recreational drug possession. And it will get more liberal still: beginnin ... |
Prevalence of daily cannabis use in the European Union and Norway [14.11.2012] | This report brings together, for the first time in Europe, an integrated overview of the prevalence of intensive cannabis use, defined as daily or al ... |
Czech Republic exemplifies smart and humane drug policy [02.07.2012] | There is nothing politically easier in most countries than scapegoating drugs and drug users as the source of all social problems. Politicians can ex ... |
MPs complete legislation aimed at legalizing cannabis for medical purposes [03.02.2012] | A group of Czech MPs from all of the parties in the Chamber of Deputies has completed legislation which could legalise the use of cannabis in the Cze ... |
New legislation proposes legalization of medical cannabis under strict rules [02.12.2011] | A government expert group is adding finishing touches to new draft legislation proposing the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes. While st ... |
Medical cannabis may get approval [26.10.2011] | A group of medical and criminal law experts are moving forward with drafting a plan that would clear marijuana for medicinal use. "There is a consens ... |
Czech firms likely to be cleared to grow medical marijuana [24.10.2011] | Czech health experts are in favor of allowing medical marijuana to be prescribed for a wide range of conditions with home grown marijuana in the Czec ... |
Czech Health Ministry signals steps to legalize medical marijuana [14.09.2011] | The Czech Ministry of Health has indicated that it will take marijuana off the list of banned substances and allow it to be prescribed by doctors for ... |
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