Interim Evaluation of 2001 - 2004 National Drug Policy Strategy

The 9 main objectives of the 2001 - 2004 National Drug Policy Strategy included:
1. Stop the increasing trend of drug use and reduce the number of children and young people experimenting with drugs,
2. Offer the families and individuals coming into contact with drugs and solving problems associated with drug use, an appropriate, accessible, timely, and professional help,
3. Maintain the existing network of provided services,
4. Reduce the availability of all types of drugs (including alcohol and tobacco), in particular for children and young people,
5. Create an integral system of training in the area of drug policy and improve the qualifications of workers,
6. Participate actively in implementation of international activities and programmes of drug supply and demand reduction,
7. Improve the system of drug policy coordination on both the horizontal and vertical level,
8. Involve the whole society in drug prevention with special emphasis on municipalities/local communities,
9. Ensure adequate financial resources, create and implement a new system of financing drug policy programmes with regard to the public administration reform.