EESC opinion: European drug policy

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Tuairimí a glacadh on 24/05/2012
Reference
SOC/441-EESC-2012-1302
Opinion Type
Referral
Referral
COM(2011) 689 final
Official Journal
OJ C 229, 31.7.2012, p. 85
Rapporteur
Topolánszky
Civil Society Organisations - GR III
Hungary
Plenary session number
481
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Health
Justice
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Key points

The EESC:

  • welcomes the proposals in the Commission communication, and agrees that there must be a balanced approach to effectively influencing supply and demand for drugs;
  • is disappointed that the Communication constitutes a step back compared to the previous balanced and consensus-based approach, with its one-sided emphasis on measures to reduce supply;
  • does not feel that a regulatory and criminal law approach suffices, and calls for the development of a new EU-level drug strategy;
  • supports further harmonisation of national measures to combat drug trafficking;
  • recommends developing and using an independent, scientifically based evaluation system on supply reduction measures;
  • feels that the section of the Communication on demand reduction is over-generalised and disproportionate;
  • believes that a comprehensive and coordinated policy on addiction to all psychoactive drugs, both "legal" and "illegal", is needed;
  • supports the work of the EU Civil Society Forum on Drugs.

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