http://www.adiktologie.cz/ Center for addictology is a multisciplinary research and teaching / training institute based at the Psychiatric Clinic of the 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University in Prague, focused on the addiction and addictive behaviours. en Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:10:01 +0200 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:10:01 +0200 http://www.adiktologie.cz/rss/rss_en.xml KYC03 CMS info@adiktologie.cz webmaster@adiktologie.cz http://www.adiktologie.cz/articles/en/220/1935/Development-of-further-education-in-non-medical-health-care-programmes-at-the-First-Faculty-of-Medicine-of-Charles-University-in-Prague.html Project leader: Doc. PhDr. Michal Miovský, Ph. D. Email: mmiovsky@adiktologie.cz Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.adiktologie.cz/articles/en/220/1935/Development-of-further-education-in-non-medical-health-care-programmes-at-the-First-Faculty-of-Medicine-of-Charles-University-in-Prague.html http://www.adiktologie.cz/articles/en/57/1931/Research-and-education-is-more-beneficial-than-the-war-on-drugs.html PRESS RELEASE, 25th June 2010 In 1987, the United Nations declared 26 June as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The war on drugs using repression and a purely abstinence-oriented approach in treatment has a low efficiency and very high costs in the long term – the results of foreign studies show, and the correspondence of drug policies in the EU confirms, that those strategies giving at least equal importance to harm reduction lead to the lowest harm for society. Incongruity among the policies and research results from the area of drug policies can be solved only by sufficient interconnection of research and practice. In 2010, the Centre for Addictology is opening a new master’s degree programme concentrating on scientific and research work in the field of addictology that will educate future experts implementing drug policies. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.adiktologie.cz/articles/en/57/1931/Research-and-education-is-more-beneficial-than-the-war-on-drugs.html http://www.adiktologie.cz/articles/en/102/1932/Urban-drug-policies-should-be-stages-of-consensual-actions-not-battlefields.html In 1987, the United Nations declared 26 June as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. United Nations International Treaties define the borders for drug policies – also on a local level. The conference on ‘Urban drug policies in the globalised world’ is opening a pragmatic dialogue among those influencing and implementing drug policies in European and non-European cities. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.adiktologie.cz/articles/en/102/1932/Urban-drug-policies-should-be-stages-of-consensual-actions-not-battlefields.html http://www.adiktologie.cz/articles/en/59/1928/Pill-testing-will-not-be-available-at-dance-festivals-this-summer.html This year, ecstasy and other drugs will not be tested at Czech dance parties this summer for the first time in a number of years. The Czech Drug Enforcement Agency has taken a negative standpoint, claiming that NGOs offering such harm reduction intervention are actually over-stepping the law, despite the fact there have been dangerous new drugs emerging on the dance scene recently, and sold under the label of ecstasy. The topic was subject to a TV discussion on the 1st public channel; the participants were Dr. Tomas Zabransky, Head of the Research and Developmental Unit of the Centre for Addictology, and plk. Jakub Frydrych, head of the Drug Enforcement Agency. Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.adiktologie.cz/articles/en/59/1928/Pill-testing-will-not-be-available-at-dance-festivals-this-summer.html http://www.adiktologie.cz/articles/en/78/1927/Postmodern-news-from-drug-war-Mexico.html Currently, Mexico serves as a transit country for trafficking illegal drugs into the U.S. Since 2006, more than 23,000 drug-related deaths have occurred in the country, after the new president Felipe Calderon broke the balance in government-drug cartel relationships. At the same time, drug use in Mexico is escalating; the life-long prevalence of illicit drug use rose from 4.2% to 5.7% between 2002 and 2007. Drug policy in Mexico is almost non-existent, with an abstinence approach prevailing. This year, the first graduates of the Master's degree in addictions will graduate from Instituto Kanakil in Merida, where Czech expertise has been provided to them. To learn more about the experience in cooperation, visit the new website www.narativ.cz, which provides post-modern approaches to psychotherapy and addictions. Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.adiktologie.cz/articles/en/78/1927/Postmodern-news-from-drug-war-Mexico.html http://www.adiktologie.cz/articles/en/57/1896/Perspectives-on-cannabis-treatment-in-the-Czech-Republic-health-legislation-politics.html A parliamentary seminar was held on 8th April 2010 in Prague. While medical cannabis is widely used in many developed countries in order to relieve the symptoms of a number of serious diseases, the Czech Republic has been holding back in this respect until now. Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200 http://www.adiktologie.cz/articles/en/57/1896/Perspectives-on-cannabis-treatment-in-the-Czech-Republic-health-legislation-politics.html http://www.adiktologie.cz/articles/en/57/1895/Czech-Republic-to-Support-the-Introduction-of-a-Balanced-Approach-to-Drugs-in-Georgia.html PRESS RELEASE, Prague, 15 May 2010 Tomáš Zima, the Dean of the First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University in Prague, and Uli Rothfuss, the Rector of IB Euro-Caucasian University in Tbilisi, will sign a collaboration agreement at the Czech Embassy in Georgia on Friday, 21 May. The project, funded by the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports as part of its development programme, involves the adaptation of the Czech system of under- and post-graduate education in addictology (a field of study concerned with addiction and addictive behaviours) into the system of education in the Republic of Georgia. Historically, it is the first project of collaboration between the Czech Republic and Georgia concerning higher (tertiary) education. 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