Psychomodulatory substances: New legislative framework for control of psychoactive substances in Czechia
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11110%2F24%3A10488276" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11110/24:10488276 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60461373:22330/24:43930568
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=xqLN_nXziE" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=xqLN_nXziE</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104603" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104603</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Psychomodulatory substances: New legislative framework for control of psychoactive substances in Czechia
Original language description
This article challenges drug prohibition advocated by UN conventions as the prevailing regulatory model for psychoactive substances, highlighting its ineffectiveness, harmfulness and outdated nature. At the same time, the conventions exclude some psychoactive substances from international regulation, leaving control to individual countries. Presenting an innovative approach, this article outlines an approach to the legal regulation of psychomodulatory substances (psychoactive substances with low health and societal risk) in non-medical contexts. Acknowledging the potential benefits of such psychoactive substances and balancing them with potential harms, it suggests stringent rules for marketing, safety, and preventing sales to minors. This approach aims to quell illicit markets, safeguard vulnerable populations, and encourage controlled use. Through a case study of the Czech Republic's introduction of a new category of psychomodulatory substances, this article showcases a paradigm shift from the prevailing repressive approach to drug regulation. This adaptive model effectively navigates the regulatory void, offering a viable alternative to the UN's prohibition framework.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30312 - Substance abuse
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Drug Policy
ISSN
0955-3959
e-ISSN
1873-4758
Volume of the periodical
133
Issue of the periodical within the volume
November
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
104603
UT code for WoS article
001333152300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85205894646