(De)criminalisation of psychedelics in the Czech Republic — Where are we heading in drug policy and legislation?

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103900" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103900</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103900" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103900</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

(De)criminalisation of psychedelics in the Czech Republic — Where are we heading in drug policy and legislation?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The article deals with the issue of decriminalization of drugs, in all relevant contexts, both in terms of criminal policy and legislation, as well as law enforcement, with focus on the Czech Republic. The article proceeds deductively from the general to the specific. First, it discusses the role of law in society and its legitimacy, with focus on legitimate criminal sanctions, which are discussed in the context of the principle of subsidiarity of criminal repression and the principle of opportunity (discretionary prosecution). After these general considerations, the article turns to the issue of drugs and discusses both drug policy and legislation, arguing that the general considerations are in favor of decriminalization tendencies in this area. In the final part, the article focuses on psychedelics, emphasizing a fundamental discrepancy between their factual and legal status and then considering ways of changing the perspective. At this point, the article outlines the importance of decriminalization of psychedelics for therapeutic use, which basically consist of rescheduling of these drugs. The aim of such decriminalization is to make psychedelic-assisted therapy legally available. The article concludes that this is the direction that criminal policy and law in the Czech Republic should take.

Název v anglickém jazyce

(De)criminalisation of psychedelics in the Czech Republic — Where are we heading in drug policy and legislation?

Popis výsledku anglicky

The article deals with the issue of decriminalization of drugs, in all relevant contexts, both in terms of criminal policy and legislation, as well as law enforcement, with focus on the Czech Republic. The article proceeds deductively from the general to the specific. First, it discusses the role of law in society and its legitimacy, with focus on legitimate criminal sanctions, which are discussed in the context of the principle of subsidiarity of criminal repression and the principle of opportunity (discretionary prosecution). After these general considerations, the article turns to the issue of drugs and discusses both drug policy and legislation, arguing that the general considerations are in favor of decriminalization tendencies in this area. In the final part, the article focuses on psychedelics, emphasizing a fundamental discrepancy between their factual and legal status and then considering ways of changing the perspective. At this point, the article outlines the importance of decriminalization of psychedelics for therapeutic use, which basically consist of rescheduling of these drugs. The aim of such decriminalization is to make psychedelic-assisted therapy legally available. The article concludes that this is the direction that criminal policy and law in the Czech Republic should take.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50501 - Law

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

International Journal of Drug Policy

ISSN

0955-3959

e-ISSN

1873-4758

Svazek periodika

110

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2022

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

1-7

Kód UT WoS článku

000891855800008

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85141229237