Government announces legal threshold for quantities of hard drugs for personal use

On Monday, the government announced its decision on limits for the amount of drugs that Czechs can legally own for personal use. At last week’s lower house session, a decision was made on the number of certain psychedelic plants that are legally permissible. This week, MPs discussed synthetic and hard drugs. Drug users can own up to 1.5 grams of heroin or one gram of cocaine without facing legal consequences. Justice Minister Daniela Kovářová told reporters that cultivators of exotic cacti that happen to contain psychoactive substances can ask for a permit to grow more than the legally allowed amount.