NCJ Number: 161665
Title: Report on Drug Abuse in Women in the Slovak Republic According to the Actual Situation (From Women and Drugs, 1995, P 123-132)
Author(s): A Imriskova
Date Published: 1995
Page Count: 10
Sponsoring Agency: Council of Europe Publications
Sale Source: Council of Europe Publications
Type: Issue Overview
Language: English
Country: Czech Republic
Annotation: After examining the prevalence of drug abuse by women in the Slovak Republic, this paper discusses drug abuse and HIV infection among prostitutes, as well as legislative and preventive measures to combat drug abuse.
Abstract: Data for 1992 show that 2,671 persons registered in outpatient drug clinics in the Slovak Republic. Of these, 967 were women. A total of 646 women (66.8 percent of the women treated) had abused hypnotics and sedatives. A total of 149 women (15.4 percent of the women treated) had abused other psychoactive drugs. Prostitution is legal in the Slovak Republic. A woman who wants to become a legal prostitute need only come to the trade office with a report on whether she has already been prosecuted by the court and with a health report. She can then receive a trade license, with the requirements that she have regular medical examinations and that she pay taxes. Despite this simple procedure, there is not one officially registered prostitute in the country. An unofficial sex industry thrives, however. Owners of erotic clubs prefer that their prostitutes be drug users, since the owners believe this enables them to service more customers. As of April 30, 1993, there were 20 HIV positive people in Slovakia, with only one being a woman. A 1993 proposal for a governmental antidrug policy emphasizes the need for new legislation regarding the criminalization of drug use and dealing, along with new prevention and treatment measures. Currently, there are two functioning drug treatment centers in Slovakia, and two more are just beginning operations. 1 table and 5 figures
Main Term(s): Drug abuse; Slovak Republic
Index Term(s): Crime in foreign countries; Drug laws; Drug prevention programs; Female deviance; Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS); Prostitution; Slovak Republic
Note: From a seminar organized by the Co-operation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs, November 22-25, 1993, in Prague.
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