摘要：Objective: To structure the problem in Czech drug policy as it emerged in a rich policy controversy over the so-called anti-drug bill of 1998 which criminalized the possession of “bigger than small” amounts of illicit drugs. Methods: A textual analysis of a sample of 94 press articles and 102 communications in the Czech legislature addresses a controversy over the anti-drug bill. Subjectivist perspectives in the study of policy problems as well as frame theory guided the grounded theory analysis. Results: Four competing rhetorical frames were identified in the policy controversy: (1) the symbolic disapproval frame, which problematizes a permissive environment and commits public policy to sending a message that "drugs are bad"; (2) the punitive frame, which challenges the impunity of drug traffickers and/or drug users and calls for a harsher repression of their activities; (3) the harm minimization frame, which discusses punishment as one of the means to reduce drug-related harms to users and society; and (4) the civil liberties frame, which predicts the unintended consequences of the bill with regard to a spectrum of democratic values. Conclusions: The study contributes to the problem structuring in contemporary drug policies. Structuring the drug problem empirically informs both policy analysis and the participants in policy debate about competing problem frames.
关键词：drug policy, Czech Republic, problem structuring, frame analysis
