Prague, 26.02.2024: As part of the technical notification process, the Ministry of Health received approval from the European Commission, which approved the inclusion of HHC, HHC-O and THCP in the list of addictive substances for the Czech Republic. The regulation adding these substances to the list has been signed by the Minister of Health and sent to the Prime Minister for signature.
Prague, 14 November 2023 - Illicit drug use among adults is stable and even declining among children and adolescents. However, the overuse of psychoactive medicines among the elderly and women is on the rise, according to a press release issued today by the National Drug Policy Coordinator.
A report summarising the findings and lessons learnt from the EMCDDA’s ‘futures study’. The European monitoring centre for drugs and drug addiction (EMCDDA) has published this publication in the TECHNICAL REPORTS series. The publication is also available in Czech.
30.06.2023, LISBON - New legislation published today grants Europe stronger powers to tackle current and future drug problems. The new Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council, revises the mandate of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), in order to keep pace with an ever more complex and rapidly changing drug phenomenon.
The EMCDDA Webinar Teens and substance use - what can parents do? is available from the Media Library on the EMCDDA website.
16.05.2023, LISBON - How many new drugs were detected in Europe over the last year? What are the latest trends in drug production and trafficking? What substances are causing the most concern today? Find out more when the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) launches its European Drug Report 2023: Trends and Developments in a press conference in Brussels on 16 June.
Side event organized at Sixty-sixth session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs, March15, 2023.
The website of the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union (CZ PRES) summarises the results for the period from 1 July to 31 December 2022. Read the results, published under the title Success in addiction policy.
We have published an issue of Zaostřeno (Focused) bulletin, which summarizes the most important information regarding the Czech addiction policy, its goals and principles, coordination, situation, trends and achieved results. It also lists the priorities of the presidency of the Czech Republic in the Council of the EU (period from 1 July to 31 December 2022), related to the field of addictions.
In the year 2020, two issues of the bulletin Focused were published by the Czech National Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Addiction.
