Thesis deals with currently discussed topic -- the medical use of cannabis -- the missing possibility in the current medicine state in the Czech republic. Despite the fact that cannabis seems to be very effective for medical use, official medical use of cannabis permitted by law can be observed in only few countries. Czech republic doesn't belong among these countries, however there are some tendencies to change current situation. The goal of the thesis is to stand up for medical use of cannabis in the Czech republic and to contribute to above mentioned tendencies to change current situation. To reach the goal thesis introduces theoretical background of medical use of cannabis which explains advantages of its use, but primarily in the empirical part in which compares current (without the use of cannabis) and potential costs (with the use of cannabis) of the treatment of multiple sclerosis comes with the conclusion that with the use of cannabis is possible to save 1 931 923 444,- CZK.

Entre tiros, drogas, e aspirações sociais e financeiras, vítimas de um sistema social excludente tornam-se homicidas da noite para o dia, engrossando as estatísticas da criminalidade no Brasil. O presente trabalho, calcado na Teoria Econômica do Crime, investiga os principais determinantes socioeconômicos da criminalidade nos estados brasileiros, entre 2001 e 2005, considerando duas principais modalidades: mercado de drogas ilícitas e homicídios entre jovens. Realizando estimações através de dados em painel, a exemplo de estudos nacionais e internacionais, foi observado entre os resultados que aspectos sociais e econômicos exercem influência sobre o comportamento racional do criminoso, especialmente os indicadores de urbanização, educação e desemprego. / Trapped between shootings, illicit drugs and hopes of social escalation, the victims of an exclusionary social system become murderers overnight, swelling the criminal statistics in Brazil. This work, inspired by the Economic Theory of Crime, investigates the main social and economic determining factors of crime rates in the states of Brazil between the years of 2001 and 2005, in the two most reoccurring types: the market of illegal drugs and juvenile homicide. In the manner of other Brazilian and foreign studies, Panel Data was used to observe that the social and economical environment significantly influence the criminal behavior specially where urbanization, education and unemployment are concerned

Entre tiros, drogas, e aspirações sociais e financeiras, vítimas de um sistema social excludente tornam-se homicidas da noite para o dia, engrossando as estatísticas da criminalidade no Brasil. O presente trabalho, calcado na Teoria Econômica do Crime, investiga os principais determinantes socioeconômicos da criminalidade nos estados brasileiros, entre 2001 e 2005, considerando duas principais modalidades: mercado de drogas ilícitas e homicídios entre jovens. Realizando estimações através de dados em painel, a exemplo de estudos nacionais e internacionais, foi observado entre os resultados que aspectos sociais e econômicos exercem influência sobre o comportamento racional do criminoso, especialmente os indicadores de urbanização, educação e desemprego. / Trapped between shootings, illicit drugs and hopes of social escalation, the victims of an exclusionary social system become murderers overnight, swelling the criminal statistics in Brazil. This work, inspired by the Economic Theory of Crime, investigates the main social and economic determining factors of crime rates in the states of Brazil between the years of 2001 and 2005, in the two most reoccurring types: the market of illegal drugs and juvenile homicide. In the manner of other Brazilian and foreign studies, Panel Data was used to observe that the social and economical environment significantly influence the criminal behavior specially where urbanization, education and unemployment are concerned