Slovak Health Ministry Seeks Faster Ban Process for New Psychoactive Drugs

Slovakia's Ministry of Health is proposing new legislation to accelerate the process of classifying new psychoactive substances as illegal drugs and to completely prohibit their manipulation. The draft law on psychoactive substances aims to strengthen public health protection by closing regulatory gaps that have allowed dangerous synthetic drugs to remain legal while authorities work to ban them. Under current regulations, new synthetic drugs often remain available to consumers for extended periods before being officially classified as controlled substances, creating public health risks. The proposed changes would streamline the classification process and give authorities broader powers to immediately restrict access to potentially harmful psychoactive substances as they emerge in the market.