Use and possession of drugs used to be legal. The ambiguous wording and arbitrary enforcement of the law has sparked controversy in a city awash with drugs. It caused trouble for the police, so they issued an inner rule where they defined the small amount as 0.3 grams for both heroin and marijuana. But the police rules can be irrelevant. This small amount amendment has been widely criticized, especially because it does not distinguish between different drugs.
Every drug is dangerous in different doses.
The country counts only 442 people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, with just 18 of them being drug addicts, said Vladimir Polanecky, the national drug epidemiology coordinator. Some experts attribute the low rate to projects like Prague's Drop-In Center. It is possible to say that the prevention program is successful in this area. Still, these numbers represent a small triumph. But Presl is far from complacent.