Does the Slovakian party Progressive Slovakia want to legalize all drugs? No, that's not true: the caption in the video is misleading. The man in the video is Jaroslav Spišiak, a former Slovakian police president and former vice president. He answers positively to the question: "Are you for legalizing cannabis?" He never says the Progressive Slovakia party wants to legalize all drugs.
The claim appeared in a video (archived here) published on TikTok by @matovicov.cirkus on July 27, 2023, under the title "Legalizovať drogy, hlasovať za registrované partnerstvá 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ boh chráň Slovensko😳". Translated into English by Lead Stories staff, it reads: "Legalize drugs, vote for civil partnerships 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ God Save Slovakia😳." It opened:
Progressives want to legalize all drugs?!
This is what the post looked like on TikTok at the time of writing:
(Source: TikTok screenshot taken on Fri Jul 28 06:00:32 2023 UTC)
Jaroslav Spišiak was the vice president of the Slovak police between 2001 and 2006 and the president of the Slovak police between 2010 and 2012. He announced his membership to the Progressive Slovakia party on March 29, 2023.
