“Liberal” new guidelines don’t go far enough, says head of Prague drug counselling service

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:53:26 +0200“Liberal” new guidelines don’t go far enough, says head of Prague drug counselling servicehttps://english.radio.cz/liberal-new-guidelines-dont-go-far-enough-says-head-prague-drug-counselling-8577664© 2026 Radio Prague International Under guidelines introduced on January 1, the Czech Republic has some of the most liberal legislation in Europe when it comes to drug use. Whereas previously having “an amount no bigger than a small amount” was permitted, now drug users will not be charged with a crime for having, for instance, 15 grammes of marijuana, or 1.5 grammes of heroin. But what will be the impact of these guidelines? That's something I discussed with Jiří Richter, director of Sananim, a drug counselling service in Prague. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/joint1.jpg?timestamp=1591389610 “Liberal” new guidelines don’t go far enough, says head of Prague drug counselling service https://english.radio.cz/liberal-new-guidelines-dont-go-far-enough-says-head-prague-drug-counselling-8577664 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9