Announcements

As of 1 July 2026, the National Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Addiction and the Drug Policy Department have moved from the Government Office of the Czech Republic to the Ministry of Health.

From 23 to 25 June, we will be moving to premises on Podskalská Street. Our current email addresses will remain active until 30 June. From 1 July onwards, you can contact us at name.surname@mzd.gov.cz.

Pavel Bém has been appointed National Drug Policy Coordinator on January 16, 2026. 

Ministers and senior officials from across Europe and beyond gathered at the Council of Europe for the 19th Ministerial Conference of the Pompidou Group, the Organisation’s platform for international co-operation on drug policy and addiction. The conference confirmed the group’s Presidency for 2026–2029: Austria will preside in 2026–2027, followed by Czechia in 2028–2029, with Mexico serving as Vice-President throughout the four-year cycle.

The 2024 Report on Tobacco and Nicotine Products in the Czech Republic was published on 26 June 2025.

Date: Tuesday 20 May 2025, 12:00–13:30 Lisbon time (WEST), 13.00–14.30 (CEST). Platform: Zoom. Registration is required to participate in the webinar.

On 4 June 2025, the Drug Policy Department of the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, will organise an international conference entitled 'Psychomodulants: Current Trends in the Regulation of New Psychoactive Substances'. Taking place at the Liechtenstein Palace in Prague (U Sovových mlýnů 506/4, 118 00 Malá Strana), the conference will also be webcast.

The Report on Alcohol in the Czech Republic 2024 and the Report on the Problematic Use of Psychoactive Medicines in the Czech Republic 2024 were published on 20 March, 2025. 

Prague, 30 May 2024 - The Government has received the Summary Report on Addictions in the Czech Republic 2023. At the same time, the results of the latest National Survey on Substance Use - a population-wide study based on a representative sample of citizens aged 15+ years, conducted in 2023, are published.