Foreign experts on drug addiction speak up for outgoing Czech national drug coordinator

Eighty foreign experts on drugs and other addictions have called on the Czech government to maintain the course set by the outgoing national drug coordinator Jindřich Vobořil. In an open letter to the Czech government, experts and representatives of organisations and institutions from 27 countries, wrote that the Czech Republic has become a model of sensitive drug policy in recent years, mainly thanks to Vobořil. Vobořil decided to step down as coordinator at the end of August. Prime Minister Petr Fiala  earlier announced that he would continue to act as his advisor.

Vobořil has long advocated the introduction of a regulated cannabis market in Czechia and has supported the possibility of using psychedelics in the treatment of mental illnesses, based on scientific research. At the same time he pointed to the danger of excessive consumption of alcohol in Czechia.