Download or read book European Drug Policies written by Renaud Colson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The drug control regime established by the international community has not succeeded in curbing either the demand for, or the offer of, narcotics. But, despite a series of developments in the Americas – including the legalisation of cannabis in Uruguay and in several states in the United States of America – there is still little support in Europe for repealing drug-prohibition laws. Nevertheless, a gradual policy convergence reveals the emergence of a European model favouring public-health strategies over a strictly penal approach to combatting drugs, while growing transnational support for legalisation indicates the persistence of an alternative paradigm for drug policy. This book examines the various influences on drug policies in Europe, as grassroots movements, NGO networks, private foundations and academic research centres increasingly confront the prevailing discourses of drug prohibition. Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach and bringing together legal scholars, social scientists and practitioners, it provides a comprehensive and critical assessment of drug policy reform in Europe.
Download or read book Policies and Strategies to Combat Drugs in Europe written by Georges Estievenart and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume arose from a European Scientific Seminar on `Strategies and Policies to Combat Drugs', which was organized by the Commission of the European Communities at the European University Institute in Florence in December 1993. The significance of the seminar lay in the manner in which it sought to address the full range of issues associated with the drug problem at international, national and local level. Equally important was its success in attracting participants from a number of different disciplines -- scientific experts, national and EU administrators working in the drugs field, and members of the European Parliament. That provided for a lively and wide-ranging exchange of views and ideas which is reflected in the contributions and conclusions contained in this publication, which comprises varied contributions and approaches to drug policies at international, European, national and local level. It also focuses on the possibilities of a comprehensive Drug Strategy within the framework of the European Union.
Download or read book EU Drugs Strategy 2021 2025 written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The EU Drugs Strategy 2021-2025 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Strategy') provides the overarching political framework and priorities for the European Union's drugs policy for the period 2021-2025. The framework, aim and objectives of this Strategy will serve as the basis for the EU Action Plan on Drugs from 2021 to 2025.
Download or read book Side Event EU Drugs Strategy 2021 2025 written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 2020 the European Union adopted its Drugs Strategy for 2021-2025. With this strategy, the EU and its 27 Member States have reaffirmed their commitment to an evidence-based and comprehensive approach, addressing the various aspects of the drugs situation in a balanced manner: 1. enhancing security and reducing drug supply; 2. increasing prevention, treatment and care services and reducing drug demand; 3. addressing drug-related harm. With the preservation of human rights at its core, the EU Drugs Strategy incorporates gender equality and health equity perspectives. It fully embraces the importance of international cooperation and multilateralism. The EU Drugs Strategy incorporates the lessons learned from the COVID-19 crisis in the area of drugs and takes a future-oriented approach, promoting research, innovation and foresight to respond more effectively to - and anticipate - challenges.
Download or read book Drugs and Decision making in the European Union written by Tim Boekhout van Solinge and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drugs are a perennial topic within the institutions of the European Union--the Commission, Council and Parlia-ment. The "drug problem" is also regularly tabled on the agenda of the European Council, the biannual summit of the government leaders of the fifteen member states. The E.U. systematically brings drug-related issues into virtually all of its political dialogues with Third World countries and regional organizations. It even stresses the importance of anti-drug measures as part of trade agreements and development cooperation. By such means, the European Union has become an important player in the world of international drug control. This book gives an overview of the European Union's anti-drug measures and focuses on its decision-making process. It looks at why drugs have acquired a prominent position on the European political agenda and identifies the political function they serve in terms of domestic drug policy and international relations. This study shows that instead of solving the drug problem, the European Union's bureaucracy actually helps to keep it alive and well. Tim Boekhout van Solinge is a researcher at the Centre for Drug Research of the University of Amsterdam.
Download or read book Final Assessment of the EU Drugs Strategy 2013 written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The EU Drugs Strategy 2013-2020 was adopted in December 2012 and sets out the vision and aims of the European Union's drug policy. The Strategy is organised around two policy fields (drug demand and supply reduction) and three cross-cutting themes (coordination, international cooperation, and information, research, monitoring and evaluation). The aim of the Strategy is to contribute to a reduction in drug demand and drug supply within the EU. The Strategy is implemented through two Action Plans, for the periods 2013-2016 and 2017-2020. This study assesses the EU Drugs Strategy 2013-2020 and the EU Action Plan on Drugs 2017-2020 by looking at the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and EU added value of the actions undertaken on the basis of the Strategy and the Action Plan. This study provides evidence to support the Commission's evaluation of the Strategy and Action Plan, with a view to proposing a new strategic document on drugs. It provides findings, conclusions and recommendations, in light of new and emerging challenges at national, EU and international level in the area of drugs. The key recommendation for the Commission is that it should adopt a new strategic document on drugs and corresponding operational document. This strategic document should have concrete and clear priorities, and further integrate drug-related security threats and trends with health, environmental, social, political and international aspects.
Download or read book The EU drugs strategy written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-03-16 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2008, an estimated 34billion euros was spent on the drugs problem in the EU. Much more needs to be done - and must be done - in the battle against the EU's drugs problem. The EU must be more effective in its fight against drugs trafficking, and should call on Member States to be more ready to learn from each other's experiences and to encourage cross-border dialogue between their local governments and cities. Following a six month-long inquiry, the Committee agree that the Member States should, as now, retain responsibility for their own drugs policies. They recommend that the new EU Strategy should concentrate on three key areas. Firstly, co-ordination, through Europol, of the fight against drug trafficking ensuring that any new measures actually reduce the supply of drugs and do not merely move trafficking elsewhere. Secondly, improvement of the collection, analysis, evaluation and distribution of information by the European Monitoring Centre. Thirdly, reliance on the EU's public health obligations and use of public health duties to encourage Member States to devote more resources to harm reduction and to engage in dispassionate and evidence-based discussions on how best to treat the possession and use of drugs. The Committee believes that the creation of a new drugs strategy, lasting until 2020, should provide the perfect platform for a wider and better informed public debate on different Member States' policies and approaches
Download or read book EU Drugs Action Plan 2021 2025 written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The EU Drugs Strategy 2021-2025 (hereinafter referred to as "the Strategy") provides the overarching political framework and priorities for the European Union's drugs policy for the period 2021-2025. The framework, aim and objectives of the Strategy serve as the basis for the EU Drugs Action Plan from 2021 to 2025 (hereinafter referred to as "the Action Plan"). The Strategy aims to protect and improve the well-being of society and of the individual, to protect and promote public health, to offer a high level of security and well-being for the general public and to increase health literacy. The Strategy takes an evidence-based, integrated, balanced and multidisciplinary approach to the drugs phenomenon at national, EU and international level. It also incorporates a gender equality and health equity perspective.
Download or read book Drug Policy Harmonization and the European Union written by C. Chatwin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the illegal drug issue in international context, this book looks at why harmonization has not already taken place at the European level. It considers the desirability and viability of harmonization, examines the conflict between repressive and liberal drug policies and applies a multi-level governance lens to the issue.
Download or read book European Union Drugs Strategy 2013 2020 written by Council of the European Union. General Secretariat of the Council and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brochure contains the full text of the EU Drugs Strategy for 2013-2020. The strategy provides the political framework and priorities for EU drugs policy identified by Member States and EU institutions. The strategy's aims include contributing to a reduction in drug demand and supply within the EU, as well as lessening the health and social risks and harms associated with drugs -- EU Bookshop.
Download or read book Mid Term Assessment of the EU Drugs Strategy 2013 2020 and Final Evaluation of the Action Plan on Drugs 2013 2016 written by Emilie Balbirnie and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of the EU Drugs Strategy 2013–2020 is to contribute to a reduction in drug demand and drug supply within the EU. The Strategy has so far been implemented by an Action Plan covering the period 2013–2016. The report sets out the findings of an evaluation that assesses the degree of implementation of the Strategy and the Action Plan in terms of outputs and, where possible, impacts. It looks at the extent to which the objectives of the Strategy have been achieved. The evaluation aims to provide evidence to support the European Commission’s decision about whether to propose a new Action Plan for the period 2017–2020 and, if so, what changes would be needed compared to the current plan. Through applying a mixed-methods approach, the evaluation examined the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance and coherence of the actions undertaken on the basis of the EU Drugs Strategy and the Action Plan, as well as their EU added value. The evaluation makes 20 recommendations, addressed to the European Commission, Member States, the European Council and other stakeholders. The key recommendation for the Commission is that a new Action Plan should be implemented for the period 2017-2020. This should be an updated version of the current Action Plan, rather than taking a new approach or introducing more new actions.
Download or read book Drug Supply Reduction and Internal Security Policies in the European Union written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Final Assessment of the EU Drugs Strategy 2013 written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mid term Assessment of the EU Drugs Strategy 2013 2020 and Final Evaluation of the Action Plan on Drugs 2013 2016 written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This evaluation assesses the degree of implementation of the EU Drugs Strategy 2013- 2020 and the Action Plan 2013-2016 in terms of outputs and, to the extent possible, impacts. It looks at the extent to which the objectives of the EU Drugs Strategy have been achieved, highlighting the areas where progress has been made and those where progress is lagging. In addition, the evaluation aims to provide evidence to support the Commission's decision about whether to propose a new Action Plan for the period 2017- 2020, and if so, what changes would be needed compared to the current plan. In accordance with the Better Regulation guidelines, the evaluation addresses 13 research questions that relate to the criteria of effectiveness, efficiency, relevance and coherence of the EU Drugs Strategy and the Action Plan as well as their EU added value. The evaluation addresses all parts of the Strategy; the two policy areas (or 'pillars') of drug demand and drug supply reduction, and the three cross-cutting themes of coordination, international cooperation, and information, research, monitoring and evaluation. This summary describes how the data were collected for the evaluation (and the limitations to those data), sets out the main findings in relation to each of the 13 research questions and presents some cross-cutting conclusions which highlight key messages from across the evaluation criteria. Lastly, it lists the 20 recommendations made by the evaluation.
Download or read book From a Policy on Illegal Drugs to a Policy on Psychoactive Substances written by Richard Muscat and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is drug policy developed? Members of the Pompidou Group research platform from 17 European countries have studied this question, taking into account differing national political contexts, the influence of international conventions and drug strategies at V European level, the evolution of scientific knowledge, and treatment of drug addiction in the most broad sense of the word. This work in part provides a reply to the question whether countries opt for an integrated policy on substances, or for a separate policy for each substance. This publication also attempts to identify to what extent civil society, practice and science influence the formulation of drug policy.
Download or read book New Developments in National Drug Strategies in Europe written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National drug policies address the health and social costs of drug use and the policing and security issues raised by drug production and trafficking. The strategic approach taken by governments needs to respond to problems linked to both established illicit drugs, such as heroin, cocaine and cannabis, and the rapidly evolving market for new psychoactive substances. This paper gives an overview of some recent developments in the tools most commonly used to manage national drug policies: strategies, coordination mechanisms and evaluations. It is based on an analysis of reports on national drug policies compiled by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction's (EMCDDA's) Reitox focal points in the EMCDDA reporting countries (28 EU Member States, plus Turkey and Norway), consultation with experts and scientific literature. Among the issues identified, the report notes a gradual change; some national drug strategies have a broader scope, beyond illicit drugs, covering other substances and, to a lesser extent, other addictions. Twelve countries had a national illicit drug strategy document with a broad focus in 2016. An increased level of integration in planning of policy and provision marks what could be the start of a departure from the type of drug strategies that have been common until now. If it is, this will bring both new opportunities for wider publichealth- orientated cross-substance/addiction policies and challenges in effective resource assignment and action implementation. As more drug and addiction strategies are evaluated, new insights into this approach to strategic planning and its relative successes and future challenges will become more apparent.
Download or read book Annual report on the state of the drugs problem in the European Union written by European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Lisbon (Portugal). and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents an overview of the drug phenomenon in Europe at the start of the new millennium. The first chapter begins with a discussion of overall drug trends. Specifically, it examines trends in drug use and the consequences including multiple drug use; problem drug use and demand for treatment; drug-related deaths; drug-related infectious diseases; and other morbidity. A discussion of the trends in response to drug use looks at policy and strategy development; prevention; reducing the harmful consequences of drug use; and treatment. Chapter two discusses the prevalence and patterns of drug use. Health consequences of drug use, law-enforcement indicators, and drug-market indicators (seizures, price, and purity) are covered in this chapter. The third chapter explains policy and strategy developments as well as demand-reduction responses as they relate to the drug use problem. Chapter four examines substitution treatment, prosecution of drug-related offenses, and problems facing women drug users and their children. The final chapter discusses the drug problem in Central and Eastern Europe. The prevalence and patterns of use and the responses to the problem are addressed in this chapter. (MKA)
