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National Psychoactive Substance Strategy and Policy Unit

Main responsibilities:

  • shaping, within the competence, the legal framework in the field of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, precursors and their analogues by taking part in drafting legal acts
  • participation in working out legal acts on shaping and implementing the Strategy for State Drug Policy
  • participation, within the competence, in the meetings of working groups and meetings on narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, precursors and their analogues
  • taking measures to ensure the availability of medical products containing controlled substances to the population, in accordance with the laws
  • collection and consolidation of data on the principles of shaping and implementing the national strategy and policy on psychoactive substances
  • carrying out information and analytical activities in accordance with the responsibilities and functions assigned to the Unit
  • collection and analysis of information on changes to the legislation on narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors and combating their illegal trafficking, as well as the cooperation with other countries in this area
  • ensuring the development of data collection systems, including the statistical methods through improving the accounting and reporting methods, raising the level of professional training of experts in relevant areas
  • monitoring of the drug and alcohol situation in Ukraine pursuant to the requirements of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction on the National Legislation Indicator
  • participation in drafting the National Report on Drug and Alcohol Situation in Ukraine in terms of the National Legislation Indicator

Recent news

Institute’s Functions Changed

The Institute will focus on forensic psychiatry issues after its renaming The Ministry of Health of Ukraine transfers the drug monitoring function from the state institution “Institute of Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatric Examination and Drug Monitoring of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine” to the state institution “Center for Public Health of the Ministry of Health […]

Announcement on Updated Edition of the Statute

State Agency «Institute of Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatric Examination and Drug Monitoring of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine» informs that the Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine #2065 of 27 September 2021 approved the Statute of the Institute of Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatric Examination and Drug Monitoring of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine» […]

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