Law defines the amount of drugs one can legally posses for own use

An amendment to the criminal code which takes effect on January 1st defines precisely how much drugs one can legally possess for one’s own use. According to Czech law possession of “more than a small amount” of any given drug constitutes a criminal offence, but until now the law did not clearly define what “a small amount” was. The amendment stipulates that one can legally grow 5 marihuana plants or have 15 grams of marihuana in one’s possession, 4 tablets of the party drug Ecstasy, 1,5 grams of heroin, 1 gram of cocaine and so on. The guidelines should make it easier to fight drugs-trafficking and help rather than punish users.