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37% of the clients in the second (voluntary) group; these results confirmed the assumption that voluntary consent to
testing was more likely in clients who can manage their drug problems better or who are more motivated to abstain
from drugs. The drugs most commonly detected with the saliva tests included pervitin (56 clients), THC (21), and a
combination of pervitin and THC (9). 12 confirmation tests were conducted upon a client’s request and the results of
the saliva tests were not confirmed in 7 cases. Despite the limitations of the saliva tests, the probation officers
considered the tests a useful monitoring instrument and generally agreed that testing built up mutual trust between
the client and the officer, which, in turn, improves the willingness of the clients to discuss their drug problem and
address it together with their probation officer. The PMS staff also emphasised the fact that the tests offered a more
objective assessment of the client’s level of risk regarding drug use. The staff implementing the project have
proposed the introduction of drug testing as a standard monitoring instrument of the Probation and Mediation
Service.
According to the PMS (Probační a mediační služba ČR, 2010a), in 2010 there were a total of 3 probation
programmes accredited by the Ministry of Justice that aimed at minors aged 15–18 and focused, among other risk
forms of behaviour, on drug-related problems. They were the Proboš programme, carried out by the Renarkon public
service company in Frýdek-Místek, the Auritus programme, carried out by the Tábor Parish Charity, specifically its
Auritus centre for people at risk from drugs, and the MOST programme, implemented by the Třebíč branch of the
Brno Diocesan Charity. These programmes offered information services, individual counselling, motivational training,
and crisis intervention to minors at risk of the use of drugs, especially marijuana.
9.2 Prevention of Drug-Related Crime
In the Czech Republic, crime prevention is within the competence of the Ministry of the Interior 115 , which also
prepares the 2008–2011 Crime Prevention Strategy; for details see the 2009 Annual Report. The issue of crime
prevention also falls within the competence of the Ministry of Education, which is in charge of the prevention of risk
behaviour among children and young people; for details see the chapter on Prevention (p. 41).
The specific activities pertaining to the prevention of drug-related crime were mainly conducted by the National Drug
Headquarters in 2010. Carried out by the National Drug Headquarters in cooperation with the Czech Chamber of
Pharmacists since 2009, the project named I Do Not Support Drug Production aims at preventing the sales of larger
quantities of medicinal products containing pseudoephedrine to persons reasonably suspected of being involved in
pervitin production. In connection with the detection of illegal large-scale cannabis plantations, in 2009 the National
Drug Headquarters also started to cooperate with the representatives of power distribution companies, which can be
the first to raise a suspicion of indoor cannabis cultivation on the basis of abnormally high power consumption by a
single distribution point or significant losses on the grid in a particular location. The evaluation of the effectiveness of
the two above-mentioned projects is not available.
9.3 Interventions in the Criminal Justice System
Even though compulsory treatment and security detention (protective measures) may be included among penalties
under criminal law, their nature is rather preventative and they do not express the condemnation of the perpetrators
and the level of their guilt; for more details see the 2008 and 2009 Annual Reports. Compulsory treatment is
imposed in the institutional or outpatient forms and it is carried out in health care facilities or in prisons; see also the
special chapter on Drug-Related Health Policies and Services in Prison (p. 139). Compulsory drug treatment was
imposed upon 116 individuals and compulsory alcohol treatment upon 162 persons in 2010. In 48 cases,
compulsory drug treatment was imposed for drug-related offences; the other 68 cases were in connection with other
criminal offences (Ministerstvo spravedlnosti ČR, 2011a); see Table 9-11.
Table 9-11: Number of persons ordered to undergo outpatient or institutional compulsory drug/alcohol treatment in the
period 2004–2009 (Ministerstvo spravedlnosti ČR, 2011a)
Compulsory treatment type 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Drug use 161 141 164 139 162 123 116
Alcohol use 190 193 220 232 217 195 162
Total 351 334 384 371 379 318 278
In addition to compulsory treatment, other options are also used in the case of drug users as part of diversion from
criminal proceedings or alternative sentences. This mostly involves the imposition of a reasonable obligation to
undergo treatment; for more details see the 2009 Annual Report.
9.4 Drug Use and Problem Drug Use in Prisons
There were 36 prisons and remand centres (hereinafter referred to as prisons) in the Czech Republic in 2010. The
number of prisoners has been increasing in recent years; as of the end of 2010, the Prison Service of the Czech
Republic registered a total of 21,900 prisoners 116 , with 19,449 persons serving prison sentences, 2,443 awaiting trial
115
http://www.mvcr.cz/clanek/programy-prevence-kriminality.aspx (2011-09-01)
116
In relative terms per 100 thousand inhabitants (the prison population rate), there were 207 prisoners in the Czech Republic in 2010.
By way of illustration, the 2009 figure in the USA was 743 and in Russia in 2010 it was 582 persons, while in Denmark and Norway it
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