Living in Prague is like an American Dream, you can do whatever you want to do, whenever you want to do with whom you want. Prague is known worldwide for the quality of its beer, some visitors are surprised to discover that Prague also has a thriving a marijuana culture. Prague has the potion of happiness: no guns, lots of beer and lots of weed.

EU cannabis capital

The Czech government has tried to address that status of marijuana multiple times, as the drug has a murky legal standing.
Marijuana legalization bills have been introduced in parliament four times in the past twenty years. In February 2007, a law was passed making marijuana farming within one’s home legal, but made it illegal to sell or share the substance. In terms of possession, the law states you can carry a small amount, a quantity determined by the officer who catches you. If you are a foreign citizen to become a part of marijuana’s culture on the Wenceslas Square is really not a problem. Prosecution of casual use is almost non-existent, which is why you can see people lighting up joints casually in bars across the country. Marijuana in the Czech Republic is not just a young person’s drug.

To witness the marijuana culture in action, the first place one might look in Prague is just minutes away from the biggest tourist attractions of Prague. Their positions never change, no matter how many days you return. It costs 250 crowns ($12.60) for just over a gram and although it is a spot to buy marijuana, it is not a spot that is necessarily conducive to smoking it. Though the quality is rumored to be no more then mediocre and the bags tend to contain less than a gram. The main change during this year in this culture was migration of legally brokers from Hlavní nádraží (Main railway station) to their original places around the corner from the Astronomical Clock, and everywhere on the Wenceslas Square.

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