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Table 9-4: Number of persons prosecuted in 2010, by main drug type and drug-related Penal Code section, according to
the Ministry of Justice (Ministerstvo spravedlnosti ČR, 2011b)
Section 187, Section 187a,
Section 188, Section 188a,
the old PC/ the old PC/ Section 285, the old PC/ the old PC/
Drug Section 283, Section 284, the new PC Section 286, Section 287,
Total
the new PC the new PC
the new PC the new PC
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Cannabis 577 30.3 126 54.5 74 82.2 14 9.5 4 57.1 795 33.4
Pervitin 1,126 59.2 84 36.4 4 4.4 126 85.7 3 42.9 1,343 56.5
Cocaine 41 2.2 6 2.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 47 2.0
Heroin 88 4.6 14 6.1 0 0.0 1 0.7 0 0.0 103 4.3
Ecstasy 12 0.6 4 1.7 0 0.0 1 0.7 0 0.0 17 0.7
Other
drugs
138 7.3 16 6.9 14 15.6 10 6.8 1 14.3 179 7.5
Total 1,902 100.0 231 100.0 90 100.0 147 100.0 7 100.0 2,377 100.0
Note: *The data provided in the Total row are not the sum of number or percentage (%) of offences by drug type because certain
persons were prosecuted for the violation of multiple drug-related sections of the Penal Code or in connection with multiple drug types; a
single person can therefore be included in the statistics several times.
Table 9-5: Number of persons charged in 2010, by main drug type and drug-related Penal Code section (Ministerstvo
spravedlnosti ČR, 2011b)
Section 187,
Drug
the old PC/
Section 283,
the new PC
Section 187a,
the old PC/
Section 284,
the new PC
Section 285,
the new PC
Section 188,
the old PC/
Section 286,
the new PC
Section 188a,
the old PC/
Section 287,
the new PC
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Cannabis 501 28.6 97 51.9 58 82.9 14 10.3 3 50.0 673 31.3
Pervitin 1,085 61.9 72 38.5 4 5.7 116 85.3 3 50.0 1,280 59.5
Cocaine 39 2.2 5 2.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 44 2.0
Heroin 84 4.8 13 7.0 0 0.0 1 0.7 0 0.0 98 4.6
Ecstasy 9 0.5 3 1.6 0 0.0 1 0.7 0 0.0 13 0.6
Other
Total
118 6.7 12 6.4 10 14.3 9 6.6 1 16.7 150 7.0
drugs
Total 1,753 100.0 187 100.0 70 100.0 136 100.0 6 100.0 2,152 100.0
Note: *The data provided in the Total row are not the sum of number or percentage (%) of offences by drug type because certain
persons were charged under multiple drug-related sections of the Penal Code or in connection with multiple drug types; a single person
can therefore be included in the statistics several times.
In the long term, there has been an increase in the total number of persons prosecuted for drug-related offences and
there has been a continued increase in the proportion of persons prosecuted for the possession of drugs, and a
decrease in the number of persons prosecuted for promoting drug use; see Figure 9-1. As far as the individual drugs
involved in drug-related crime are concerned, there has been a noticeable long-term increase in the number and
percentage of cases associated with pervitin and, on the contrary, a decrease in those associated with ecstasy and
heroin; the number of drug-related offences involving cocaine continues to grow but still remains relatively low in
absolute terms; see Figure 9-2.
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