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"Mr President, Mr Frattini, ladies and gentlemen, the report presented to us today by Mr Catania calls into question the policy of zero tolerance and prohibition implemented by the Member States. The rapporteur’s aim is to amend the current strategy and it will be to no one’s surprise that we have voted against this report
Mr Catania mentioned the report by the European drugs and drug addiction monitoring centre. Mr Estievenart was with us last month and pointed out that, and I quote, ‘there are positive signs that progress has been made in reducing some of the worst consequences of drug use’. He said that the number of drug-related deaths has begun to fall, that heroin use has levelled off in a number of countries, that the HIV epidemic among users is slowing and, I quote, ‘measures to reduce drug-related harm are intensifying and, across much of Europe, drug users have better access to treatment and care’. This clearly demonstrates that not everything has been negative.
Much remains to be done and, despite all the policies that we have been pursuing, enormous problems still exist in terms of the production and trafficking of drugs, and in terms of drug use, which continues to hit extremely high levels in all Member States. In light of the accession of ten new Member States, it is essential that we step up cooperation with the countries that now border the EU.
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there is room for a European anti-drugs policy that fights back against drug-related crime, and that, as per the programme, meets the four main objectives of preventing drug use and dependency, reducing the supply and demand of illegal drugs, limiting social and health damage and reducing crime. This is the path that we must follow – the path of combat, not the path of slackness."@en1
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