Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-01-14-Speech-1-062"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-01-14"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:One-minute speeches on matters of political importance2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080114.13.1-062"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-01-14-Speech-1-0632
lpv:speaker	lp:Jim Higgins2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, we have two million drug addicts in the European Union. We have a drug epidemic, which has to be tackled head-on. Fifteen years ago in Ireland, drug addiction was confined to Dublin. Now it is in every city, town and village: heroin, cannabis, cocaine. People are dying every day in Ireland and within the EU from drug addiction. I welcome the current eight-year EU drug strategy. But we have to ask ourselves realistically: is it working? We need to tackle the drug problem on all fronts. First of all, we need to cut off supply. Secondly, we need to try and persuade users to stop using drugs and to try and persuade people never to start using them, by means of high-profile advertising campaigns to simply frighten people. Last but by no means least, we need more and better international cooperation."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; REGI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Canada (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Fine Gael Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; TRAN (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Jim Higgins (PPE-DE ). –"1

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