Addictive substances and their regulation

At the May breakfast, you won’t learn about the types of addictions, how they develop, or their impact on human health, because the internet and bookstores are full of that information. Instead, you’ll find out why the topic of regulating addictive substances is so complex, why it’s impossible to successfully address and solve this issue today without understanding and knowing its history. You’ll learn about the complicated relationships between different parties, their perspectives on regulation, and why prevention is so challenging. At the same time, you’ll have the chance to reflect on how much this topic does (or doesn’t) concern you and whether you can or want to (not) deal with it.

Who is Michal Miovský?

Michal Miovský is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. He graduated in single-subject psychology from the Faculty of Arts at Masaryk University in Brno and completed postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Arts at Palacký University in Olomouc. In 2005, he habilitated in clinical psychology at Palacký University in Olomouc, and in 2012 he was appointed professor at Charles University, also in clinical psychology. After the merger of the PK Center for Addictology and the Department for Addiction Treatment at the General University Hospital (U Apolináře), an independent Clinic of Addictology was established (January 2012), where he still serves as head of the clinic. Since 2008, he has continuously served as vice-dean of the 1st Faculty of Medicine at Charles University in Prague for non-medical study programs. From 2016 to 2018, he was president of the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE). In 2016, he became a founding member of the International Consortium of Universities for Drug Demand Reduction (ICUDDR), where, after the official registration of this international organization in 2017, he was elected its very first president.

Since 2021, he has served as a board member of the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP). He is a member of the scientific council of Charles University in Prague and served as a member of the scientific council of the Czech Minister of Health from 2018 to 2022.