Czech Drug Tsar calls for legalisation and regulation of drugs

By Transform

The Czech national drug coordinator, Jindřich Vobořil, recently made a series of striking proposals for the new Czech 2019-2027 drug strategy - including the legalisation and regulation of drugs as part of a wider pragmatic strategy for reducing drug related harms.

READ THE PRESS RELEASE FROM THE OFFICE ON THE NATIONAL DRUG COORDINATOR HERE

Vobořil’s proposals for the new strategy, still to be agreed by Government, seek to include responsible market regulation of drugs within a broader ‘harm reduction’ approach that emphasises public health, prevention and treatment. The proposals, include both addressing the harms of legal - but over commercialised - alcohol and tobacco markets, as well as addressing the harms of criminal drug markets under prohibition through an exploration of responsible legalisation and regulation.