Czech Senate Approves Marijuana Legalization and Psilocybin Reform, Sends Bill to President

The Senate voted Thursday in favor of the drug policy changes, which were previously approved by the Chamber of Deputies. The measure now goes to President Petr Pavel, who is expected to sign it into law. As part of a broader criminal code reform package, the bill allows adults to legally possess up to 100 grams of marijuana at home and up to 25 grams in public. It also allows the cultivation of up to three cannabis plants for personal use. Possessing between 100 and 200 grams or cultivating more than three plants remains subject to misdemeanor or felony penalties, depending on the amount.

The legislation also legalizes the medical use of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in psychedelic mushrooms, marking a significant step for psychedelic policy in the region.

Other elements of the reform package include a ban on promoting communist ideology and changes to hate speech, alimony, and political speech laws. Member of Parliament Zdenka Němečková Crkvenjaš, who helped lead the cannabis reform effort, said the vote marks the “end of pointless (prosecution) against seniors who grow cannabis for medicinal purposes.”

Czechia decriminalized cannabis possession in 2010.