2. Main pathological problems in the Czech Republic
cigarettes, alcohol, social networks, drugs-pervitin, marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, gambling

3. Substance use among 15- to 16-year-old school students in the Czech Republic

4. Czech Republic leads European alcohol drinking statistics
Czech children top the list at underage drinking, according to OECD
The proportion of the children in the Czech Republic who tasted alcohol rose from 70 to 94 percent in 10 years, MfD writes, referring to the latest OECD report.
However, further data are even worse. An increasing number of Czech children really get drunk. The proportion of Czech boys under 15 who were drunk has increased from 30 to 43 percent since the beginning of the new millennium, it adds.
When it comes to girls, the surge was even bigger, from 26 to 41 percent, MfD writes.
One-quarter of the children do so quite regularly, at least once a week, it adds.

5. Alcohol in Czech Republic
The Czech Republic was in effect given the silver medal for worldwide alcohol consumption by a recent study by the United Nation’s healthcare unit, the World Health Organisation (WHO). With an average annual per capita consumption equivalent of just under 16.5 litres of pure alcohol consumed by every person over 15, the country was only topped by the former Soviet Republic of Moldova. There the consumption figure came in at 18.2 litres. The European average is 12.2 litres.

6. Czech Drug Laws
Drug possession is illegal in the Czech Republic, and on January 1, 2010, the government set out the possession limits for a misdemeanour offence and a criminal offence.
Five plants of hemp or 15.0 grams of marijuana, 40 pieces of magic mushrooms, 5.0 grams of hashish, five LCD-laced papers or other materials with LSD, 1.5 grams of heroin, 1.0 gram of cocaine, and 2.0 grams of methamphetamine.

8. Why shouldn´t you take drugs?
Helena Třeštíková: Katka

9. Czech People and Drugs
The question of whether this is liberal will depend on the enforcement by police. Generally, the Czech Republic has quite a liberal reputation as far as marijuana use goes. Personal observation and anecdotal evidence suggest that the use of marijuana is more open compared to other European countries. However, criminal possession of drugs can involve imprisonment of up to two years.

10. Prevention
For many, the flip-side to more permissive drug laws is adequate secondary and tertiary prevention; that is, prevention for people who already use. Throughout the Czech Republic, there is a large network of these services: mostly non-governmental, outpatient consulting and treatment, residential follow-up care, substitution programmes, street work, etc. Languages spoken in the various institutions will vary, though most often there is English. One such organisation is Drop In Prague ( which offers programmes, counselling, needle exchange, foodstuffs, HIV and hepatitis tests, substitution programmes, administering methadone in the form of Subutex, a centre for follow-up care, a centre for families, and a street work programme.

11. Drug Use- Prevalence and Trends
The prevalence of use of illicit drugs in the Czech Republic has been relatively stable in recent years, with cannabis the most commonly used substance. Illicit drug use is primarily concentrated among young adults aged years and among males.

12. Estimates of last-year drug use among young adults (15-34 years) in the Czech Republic