The eastern European countries that used to be part of the former Soviet bloc inherited a legacy of heavy-handed drug policy aiming for the unrealistic goal of a “society without drugs” and the consequent harsh repression of drug-users. Although the Czech Republic was part of the Soviet sphere of influence for decades, it managed to escape this model.1. Nowadays, “Czech drug policy has been... Read more
But visionary policy-makers in the Czech Republic – from the early years after four decades of Soviet occupation to the present day – have resisted what is politically easy and exemplified what is smart and humane in drug policy. Their story is the subject of a new report from the Open Society Foundations Global Drug Policy Program, A Balancing Act: Policymaking on Illicit Drugs in the Czech... Read more
Experiences of a British Communist who worked in Czechoslovakia for the World Federation of Trade Unions, through the Prague Spring and Soviet Winter of 1968 Download PDF - 1.82 MB
