Czech drug policy coordinator Pavel Bém to be replaced

National drug policy coordinator Pavel Bém is set to leave his post at the end of June as the agenda moves from the Government Office to the Health Ministry, the news site Novinky.cz reported. He will be replaced by Dita Protopopová, currently head of the government’s mental health policy department, who will take on a newly-created role combining mental health and drug policy coordination.

The government approved the transfer of several agendas from the Government Office to ministries on Monday. The move has come under fire from former national drug policy coordinator Jindřich Vobořil and other experts.