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The purity of illicit drugs (methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine) in Czech Republic
Limpouchová, Markéta ; Vopravil, Jiří (advisor) ; Šejvl, Jaroslav (referee) ; Drbohlavová, Barbora (referee)
This thesis deals with the purity of the illegal drugs methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin, and its implications in a broader context. The thesis is divided into two parts - the theoretical and the practical one. The theoretical part provides background information about the abovementioned illegal drugs. In addition to basic information about these illegal drugs the thesis contains information about the distribution and seizures of illicit drugs in the Czech Republic and is engaged in the field of international illicit drug market in terms of the wholesale level. Furthermore the work deals with the purity of illegal drugs itself and the substances which are illegal drugs (methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine) cut by (substances that are added to illegal drugs with different motivations, mainly economic ones). Other part of the thesis is a balance sheet by Broséus, J. Gentile, N., Esseiva, P. (2015) over the usefulness and utilization of the system for collecting data on drug markets at national and international level. The last topic of this section are methods of analysis of the illicit drugs. The practical part focuses on three areas. The first aim of this study is a secondary analysis of seizures and the purity of the most frequently used adulterated illegal drugs the Czech Republic in...
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Authorship as an effective factor in the stories of methamphetamine users
Krejčí, Josef ; Chrz, Vladimír (advisor) ; Onder, Jakub (referee)
Title: Authorship as an effective factor in the stories of methamphetamine users. Abstract: Submitted thesis tries to show experience of ex-users of drugs (mainly methamphetamine) thru narrative interview. Period of drug using is shown as a part of life, which led to specific changes in life of these people. Thru focusing on these subjective changes author tries to take into account factors and situations leading to quit the drug using. Four interviews (3 male, 1 female) are analyzed thru qualitative approach. This constructs two models. First is schematic model of generalized scenario, which emphasize similarities across interviewed sample. Second is model of authorship attitude, which is, according to analyzed data, accounted for central and effective factor. At the end, author tries to contextualize results according to related research literature. Author also contemplate on future data collection and conversion of research design into longitudinal. Keywords: methamphetamine, authorship, responsibility, narrative approach
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Trauma in Childhood among women using addictive substances
Budinská, Blanka ; Richterová-Těmínová, Martina (advisor) ; Kuda, Aleš (referee)
This bachelor work deals with the relations between traumatic experiences in childhood, deficient or dysfunctional family environment and the possible future development of addictive behaviors in women. It turns out that the experience of traumatic events in childhood can cause long-term and sometimes irreversible problem completely. These problems may be based on the circumstances involved in the future addictive behaviors. Based on the stories I have from women in residential treatment or after treatment heard with their consent and also due to the processing of information which I received, I find role in their next life and behavior should or could have this traumatic experience in their childhood.
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Easily accessible poisons and crime in Czech republic
PILAŘ, Michal
Based on the study of available literature in this thesis are defined easily accessible poisons, which are carbofuran, methanol, ethylene glycol, marijuana, methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine. The thesis is further defined by crime, with those readily available poisons committed on the territory of the Czech Republic. Defined easily accessible poisons were also associated with a particular crime that is committed to them and based on statistical outputs of the Czech Police and the National Drug Headquarters of the Police of the Czech Republic was conducted statistical research that is readily available to these poisons committing a crime on the territory of the Czech Republic, and whether there are differences in crime rates between different regions of the Czech Republic. The second part describes the methodology of work and research questions. The third part consists of the results which graphically compares crime committed with easily accessible poisons. The final part consists of discussions, where they are analyzed the achievements of work. To achieve the objectives in this work used data collection methods, analytical, mathematical and graphical. While writing this thesis I first considered studying literature in easily accessible poisons and study applicable laws, which serve as the legal basis for the definition of crimes. When I was writing a thesis based on research questions: They are easily accessible poisons available in the Czech Republic? There in the CR crime committed using readily available poisons? There are differences between individual regions in the Czech Republic? These research questions were answered by meeting our goals, namely the Czech Republic are readily available poisons available with them commit crime in the crimes committed there are differences between individual regions.
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Methamphetamine users and stress
FILIPOVÁ, Zuzana
The diploma thesis called "Stress among Methamphetamine Users" focuses on the phenomenon of stress in general, but especially on the strategies of coping with stressful situations. These so-called coping strategies are given great attention in contemporary research. The thesis inquires into the development of the Czech drug scene and particularly focuses on methamphetamine as a typical "Czech drug". It describes the period of methamphetamine early expansion in the Czech drug scene, the subsequent period of radical intervention of justice and police into the resulting socially unbearable situation, and the recent respective state of affairs. It also deals with the risks associated with the use of methamphetamine and the various forms of its application. In this respect it logically gives attention to the issue of drug addiction in general and the methamphetamine addiction in particular. An indispensable part of the thesis is a description of the phenomenon of stress according to selected distinguished experts in this area Paulík (2010), Baštecká (2009) a Joshi (2007). The initial discussion of specifically defined and operationalized stress is followed by a discussion of coping in general. First, the emergence of coping is discussed. The theoretical section provides definitions of various scientifically developed coping strategies and deals with the situation around the SVF 78 instrument as well as with the stress coping strategies and the phenomenon of stress itself. The section discusses different coping strategies and identifies their respective pitfalls as well as their influence on people from the holistic model viewpoint. The theoretical section is concluded with the topic of social work with drug addicts and its basic pillars. Describes the aims, research questions and hypotheses of the thesis. Two aims were selected for the thesis: "to find out which coping strategies are used by methamphetamine users" and "to find out how coping strategies change over a prolonged period of methamphetamine use". Three research questions and four associated hypotheses were formulated on the basis of these aims. The hypotheses are operationalized in this chapter. The methodological section discusses the SVF 78 instrument which was used to gather data from drug addicted respondents. The data were gathered in contact centres in South Bohemia via quantitative strategy of data gathering. Next, the research sample consisting of 50 respondents and the ethical aspects of the research are described. An indispensable part of the section is also a description of the statistical methods used for data evaluation. Next chapter, called "Results", describes the research sample with respect to respondents' sex, with the actual ratio being 54 percent of female respondents and 46 percent of male respondents. The respondents' age is described here as well together with an average age, median and standard deviations. Another thing mentioned is respondents' time period of methamphetamine use and their highest achieved education. The discussion section focuses on obtained results and their comparison with actual researches. Despite very interesting results it is necessary to assert that none of the hypotheses was statistically verified. However, analysis of similar studies leads us to a discovery of an analogous problem. The most interesting study in this regards appears to be Konopka et al. (2013) which found no significant differences in coping strategies adopted by benzodiazepine users. In spite of this it is possible to point at frequency differences which were found among methamphetamine users. They were found in particular with respect to the relation between negative coping strategies ratio and period time of methamphetamine use, where negative coping strategies were preferred by respondents using methamphetamine for more than 11 years etc. The concluding section summarizes the research results and reflects on the aims of the thesis.
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The image of methamphetamine in the internet version of newspaper Mlada fronta DNES.
CHADOVÁ, Andrea
This Bachelor's thesis contains theoretical findings related to the issues of the presentation of methamphetamines in the online version of the Mladá Fronta DNES newspaper. The work also includes a research section. The aim of my Bachelor's thesis is to analyse the depiction of methamphetamines in the online version of Mladá Fronta DNES, and to subsequently compare whether or not it was depicted differently from 2003 2013. The work is divided into a theoretical section and an empirical section. The first part of the theoretical section is dedicated to the topic of methamphetamine. I focus on the nature of methamphetamines from the standpoint of its chemical structure, actual form, as well as from the standpoint of the various methods of use. I also focus on the history of methamphetamines, specifically the origins of its production and use, and subsequently also its dissemination over time. I also mention the status of the issue of methamphetamines in the Czech Republic. In the final two sections, I focus on the effects of methamphetamines on the human body in terms of both the physical and psychological health of an individual, and also detail the effect of meth use in all areas of an individual's life. The empirical section utilised qualitative and quantitative methods of research. For qualitative research, I collected the required data through document analysis, during which I focused on the meaning of content of the articles. The quantitative research was conducted using content data analysis, in which I investigated individual phenomena based on established research questions and hypotheses. The sample set included 188 articles138 articles from 2013, and 50 articles from 2003. The research focuses on articles from the online version of the Mladá Fronta DNES newspaper. The results of my study point to the fact that currently, the topic of methamphetamines in the selected newspaper are often presented in connection with inaccurate or misleading terms, which can distort the reader's perception of the given topic. The study also found that Mladá Fronta DNES reacts to events related to methamphetamines in its articles, and surveys the situation surrounding the given topic. The articles contain a 9.6% increase in the volume of numeric forms of reporting. These numeric forms include such things as information on the amount of methamphetamines or the number of perpetrators in crimes related to methamphetamines. Verbal forms of reporting focus on such information as specific descriptions of criminal perpetrators or of the crime itself. Additionally, the results indicate the fact that, from 2003 to 2013, the number of articles focusing on methamphetamines grew, in which this number increased on an almost annual basis. The difference in the presentation of the given topic has not changed between 2003 and 2013articles from both years contain the same level of negative predictions for the future. The results of this Bachelor's thesis can serve to inform the media on the presentation of the topic of methamphetamines in society. Overall, this work indicates that, in its presentation of the topic of methamphetamines, the media should focus more on future outlooks and on possible solutions for issues related to methamphetamines.
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Nasal Fixation by Methamphetamine Users
VĚTROVSKÁ, Lucie
The diploma thesis theme, which I have chosen, Addiction to the nasal use of pervitin, is based on my long-term interest in this subject.One of the factors that may be important in the study of any drug problem is the ritual. Rituals here may appear on several levels - it may contribute to the formation and maintenance of a dependency, in the application itself (creation of "lines" on the mirror, the use of identity cards, sniffing with a rolled banknote, etc.) and can take various forms (e.g., group or individual) (Holzbachova, 1999). For my thesis, I have chosen the method of qualitative research. The basic approach of qualitative research includes the grounded theory. The aim of the thesis is to analyze and describe the different aspects of ritual behavior of nasal drug users. The research question was to discover, which aspects of ritual occur in nasal drug users. As it is described in literature, all drug users ritualize the drug application to some extent. This represents stylized and routine behavior that occurs during drug use. There are situations, like the procurement of drugs, methods of taking, activities following the use of drugs and the ways to prevent the negative effects of drugs (Grund, 1993). During an interview, two of the interviewees said the word "ritual". Cyril considers it a ritual and the activities precede sniffing. These are activities associated with the hunt for the drug, the journey to the drug and the nervousness "before trip", which according to him is stronger than the feeling of drug application. Dana describes the application procedure as a ritual. However, she describes as ritualistic her behavior during the purchase of a sufficient supply of cigarettes for intoxication or when applying the drug on the toilet seat, wiping the toilet boards before the actual preparation of the drug for application. Although the other two interviewees did not use the word ritual in their answers directly, some ritualistic elements signaled a routine behavior in conducting the drugs process by them as well. In general, we assume that the thesis can contribute to the discussion about the ritual aspects of drug users. This work brings in new information about the rituals of nasal drug users. We anticipate publication in a professional periodical.
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Economic analysis of methamphetamine market in the CR
Melíšková, Renata ; Běláčková, Vendula (advisor) ; Kuchař, Pavel (referee)
This diploma thesis brings theory, current knowledge and empirical analysis. It focuses on the methamphetamine market in the Czech Republic. In its theoretical part it follows individual schools of Economics with focus on the differences in expected behavior of the participants in the illegal market. The research is primarily oriented on finding the effects of the enforced prohibition on users, producers and sellers of pervitin. The main benefit of the diploma is the definition of as yet not published specifics about not only the whole segment, but also the comparison of characteristics of both an open and closed pervitin scene, where surprisingly there exists not only a difference in the quality of the product but also in the approach of sellers to customers. From a comparison with the heroin market one can see a trend of mutual exchanges of pervetin for heroin and also differences in competitive environments. The result of the economic analysis is the filling of gaps in the current understanding and elicitation of conclusions, which are compared to the economical studies and official overviews of the Czech drugs market.
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Social conseqences of adiction on pervitin.
LIŠKOVÁ, Monika
The thesis is a qualitative study of one person. I tried to analyse family and personal case history, the experience with drugs, drug addiction, spread into family and extended social relationships. To collect all the data I used the method of content analysis, surveillance and non-standard interview with the woman and her mother and father. I was loooking for causalities which helped her overcome the addiction. The study outlines the rise of methamphetamine addiction, social consequences and possible ways of remedy. It can be used as an example in education or detoxication work with people addicted to psychoactive substances.
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