Abstract
Annual Report on the 2010 Drug Situation in the Czech Republic has been prepared for European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.The preparation and enforcement of the national drug policyis the responsibility of the Government of the CzechRepublic. Its main advisory body for drug-related issues is the Government Council for Drug Policy Coordination(GCDPC), which met five times in 2010.
The evaluationof two previous drug policystrategic documents – the National Drug Policy Strategy for the Period 2005–2009 and the 2007–2009 Action Plan – was finalised in 2010. This annual report concludes with three chapters on selected issues addressing in greater detail the interventions for drug users in prison, drug-using parentsand their children, and drug tourism.
The first chapter provides a thorough summary of drug-related health policies and services within the prison system of the CzechRepublic in the context of the general health care provided to incarcerated offenders. The aim of the second selected issue is to cover the prevalenceof pregnant drug users and those users who are already parents of minor children and trends and characteristics pertaining to them, as well as describing specific services designed for such users and their children in the Czech Republic.
Given the complex nature of the topic and the lack of data, the last chapter on a selected issue provides a rather unsystematic outline of information about the association between cross-border travel and drug use, or drug tourism, in the CzechRepublic.