Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2006-06-13-Speech-2-340"
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".
Mr President, the work of the EMCDDA is, for me, one of the best examples of the EU having a common goal, a joint interest and an added value, because drugs and drug addiction have a damaging effect on society. They are a source not only of crime but also of social problems, instability and health hazards.
The policies of various Member States vis-à-vis these problems vary greatly. I believe that it is in the interests of our citizens, especially the young ones, that we Europeans should be big enough to want to learn from one another, to want to ask, without any ideological bias, which policies are the most effective.
Questions that we could have debated in this discussion about the EMCDDA are, for instance: what about the option to provide heroin under medical supervision to the group that is most heavily addicted? Is that something that helps? Is cannabis really not dangerous to the health of our citizens? Have we ever really investigated this?
I am from a Member State that has chosen a somewhat peculiar policy on both of those issues. I would be one of the first to welcome a very thorough inquiry. I would also be one of the first to want to do away with those policies if they are not effective.
We have not discussed any of that, unfortunately. We have discussed other things, such as how much influence the Member States will have on the Scientific Committee, how we are going to elect the chairperson of the Management Board, who gets to sit on the Management Board, and whether the European Parliament will have a say on the Executive Committee – not to be confused with the Management Board, which is something completely different.
I want to thank the rapporteur, because she has managed to engage in this institutional debate without jeopardising the goal of the Centre, which is the benchmarking of various Member States’ policies – still very much in this report. I praise the EMCDDA for the work it has done so far, and wish it the best of luck in its work in future."@en1
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