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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