A new Czech National Drug Policy Strategy 2010–2018 and a new Action Plan 2010–2012 for its implementation have been adopted in 2010. The two drug policy documents followed an in-depth evaluation of the previous 2005-2009 strategy.
The new strategy is comprehensive and has, like its predecessor, four pillars: primary prevention; treatment and social reintegration, harm reduction and supply reduction. The focus is mainly on illegal drugs but coordination and integration with alcohol and tobacco policies are addressed. The strategy has one main aim (the protection of individuals and society from harm caused by dug use and drug-related crime) and four objectives: to reduce the level of experimental and occasional drug use, particularly among young people; to reduce the level of problem and intensive drug use; to reduce potential drug-related risks to individuals and society; to reduce drug availability, particularly to young people.
The action plan 2010–2012 has four additional objectives: to implement interventions aimed at reducing the high level of the use of cannabis in particular, and other legal and illegal drugs; to reduce the high level of problem pervitin use by applying specific interventions and programmes; to strengthen the drug policy in relation to legal drugs (alcohol and tobacco), primarily in terms of policy and coordination mechanisms and treatment; to develop and improve the drug policy’s overall legislative, financial, and coordination mechanisms.
