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Harm Reduction as a Pillar of the Anti-drug Policy of the Czech Republic
PRŮDKOVÁ, Táňa
The writing is concerned with the anti-drug policy with a special emphasis on the harm reduction, because even nowadays it is a controversial theme. It emphasises the benefit of harm reduction services for the drug users and for the whole society and it also does not conceal the arguments of the opponents. The theoretical part briefly defines the drug policy and its pillars. The conception of harm reduction, its targets and methods of that approach are described particularly. The components of harm reduction and the appropriate providers are defined there. The conclusion of the theoretical part deals with the possibility of the provision of harm reduction services to imprisoned persons. The practical part is an excursion to the contact centre Drug Azyl in Brno, where the staff does provide the harm reduction services and has thanks to this lot of experience with them. As an illustration there are some examples of the information given to clients as a part of harm reduction. The practical part is concluded by the reflection of the stuff and the reflection of the author of the writing.
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United States Anti-Drug Policy in Colombia: Consolidation of the La Macarena Region as a Lesson derived from Plan Colombia?
Koutenská, Kristýna ; Raška, Francis (advisor) ; Kozák, Kryštof (referee)
The United States officially declared war on drugs in the early 1970s with the aim to stop the flow of illegal narcotics coming into the country. Not only did Washington enhance the domestic anti-drug policy, but it also strengthened the foreign anti-drug policy and launched an extensive campaign in Latin America, one of the major producers of drugs in the world. Chemical eradication and interdiction of drug-trafficking routes in Mexico, Peru and Bolivia led to a relocation of the cultivation of illegal crops to Colombia, closer to the laboratories. Thus, Bogota became the centre of attention for Washington. This bachelor thesis describes U.S. anti-drug strategies and highlights its limits, which influence the success rate of specific plans, in this case Plan Colombia and La Macarena Integral Consolidation Plan (PCIM). In 2000 Washington approved an ambitious Plan Colombia. One of its main objects was to reduce the production of cocaine in Colombia within six years. However, massive aerial eradication only led to a displacement of a large number of people and in the end the production of coca and cocaine even increased. The Colombia's National Territorial Consolidation Plan, more precisely the PCIM was supposed to put this situation right. The aim was to regain control over the municipalities that...
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Drug policy in the ex-Soviet states after the introduction of new policies in the West
Sharibzhanov, Ilyas ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor) ; Aslan, Emil (referee)
Ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, illicit drugs have begun flowing into the former Soviet states for local sale and consumption, as well as for further transit to Western European states. Though the former Soviet states claim to be dedicated to the global fight against drugs, their alleged connections to the criminal underworld and weak and underdeveloped state institutions raise doubts over the sincerity and capacity of their effort. In this diploma thesis the impact of illicit drugs and the depth of the state-crime nexus in the Former Soviet Union region is analyzed, also covering crime-terror nexus, crucial in understanding the crime-terror relationship for mutual profit. The study's results have shown that various FSU states have shown varying degrees of connection to the criminal world, posing an international security risk due to the criminal underworld's involvement with clandestine drug trade in connection with terrorist groups.
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Drug policy in the ex-Soviet states after the introduction of new policies in the West
Sharibzhanov, Ilyas ; Střítecký, Vít (advisor) ; Aslan, Emil (referee)
Ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, illicit drugs have begun flowing into the former Soviet states for local sale and consumption, as well as for further transit to Western European states. Though the former Soviet states claim to be dedicated to the global fight against drugs, their alleged connections to the criminal underworld and weak and underdeveloped state institutions raise doubts over the sincerity and capacity of their effort. In this diploma thesis the impact of illicit drugs and the depth of the state-crime nexus in the Former Soviet Union region is analyzed, also covering crime-terror nexus, crucial in understanding the crime-terror relationship for mutual profit. The study's results have shown that various FSU states have shown varying degrees of connection to the criminal world, posing an international security risk due to the criminal underworld's involvement with clandestine drug trade in connection with terrorist groups.
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United States Anti-Drug Policy in Colombia: Consolidation of the La Macarena Region as a Lesson derived from Plan Colombia?
Koutenská, Kristýna ; Raška, Francis (advisor) ; Kozák, Kryštof (referee)
The United States officially declared war on drugs in the early 1970s with the aim to stop the flow of illegal narcotics coming into the country. Not only did Washington enhance the domestic anti-drug policy, but it also strengthened the foreign anti-drug policy and launched an extensive campaign in Latin America, one of the major producers of drugs in the world. Chemical eradication and interdiction of drug-trafficking routes in Mexico, Peru and Bolivia led to a relocation of the cultivation of illegal crops to Colombia, closer to the laboratories. Thus, Bogota became the centre of attention for Washington. This bachelor thesis describes U.S. anti-drug strategies and highlights its limits, which influence the success rate of specific plans, in this case Plan Colombia and La Macarena Integral Consolidation Plan (PCIM). In 2000 Washington approved an ambitious Plan Colombia. One of its main objects was to reduce the production of cocaine in Colombia within six years. However, massive aerial eradication only led to a displacement of a large number of people and in the end the production of coca and cocaine even increased. The Colombia's National Territorial Consolidation Plan, more precisely the PCIM was supposed to put this situation right. The aim was to regain control over the municipalities that...
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U.S. role in escalation of the war on drugs in Mexico during the Calderón presidency
Hrušková, Daniela ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Čapinská, Barbora (referee)
Bachelor thesis U.S. role in escalation of the war on drugs in Mexico during the Calderón presidency focuses on the U.S. influence on the escalation of the fight against illicit drugs in Mexico. First it describes history and development of the war on drugs since its beginning. This historical context is essential for interpreting the intensified anti-drug measures taken in Mexico after the year 2006. Then it presents the escalation of the fight and its effects during the presidency of Felipe Calderón in 2006-2012 in Mexico. It analyzes Calderón's proclaimed reasons to declare the war on drugs. Next it analyzes the influence of the U.S. on the Mexican decision to escalate the war on drugs and presents the U.S. aid to Mexican anti-drug war efforts. This thesis summarizes the development of the war on drugs and analyzes the U.S. influence on creating the Mexican anti-drug strategy after the year 2006 in the broader historical context of the war on drugs and in the context of the U.S.-Mexico asymmetrical relations.
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Unintended consequences of drug prohibition: How does the drug abuse start?
Džmuráň, Daniel ; Schwarz, Jiří (advisor) ; Mikolášek, Jakub (referee)
Drug abuse is a major contemporary issue that draws attention of scientists as well as of the general public. Attitudes towards drug prohibition, however, differ greatly. On the one hand, the so called prohibitionists emphasize that each country needs to fight drug abuse. Their critics, on the other hand, argue that this approach constitutes baseless interfererence with the free market and personal freedom. In addition, oponents of drug prohibition point out to the various unintended consequences that the prohibition brings along. Author of this text pays a special attention to the concept of these consequences and, as a result, gives a detailed overview of existing research on unintended consequences in the context of drug prohibition. The main goal of this text is to contribute into the discussion on drug prohibition by conducting a specific empirical research that discloses one of the negative consequences of the prohibition - the illegal black market. Being a direct effect of the drug prohibition, the black market increases the availability of drugs to teenagers. The validity of this effect was confirmed by data obtained by questionnaires from a sample of Prague drug users. The reason is that the data shows that the entrance into the black market for teenagers is enabled by their immediate...
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