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EU Drugs Strategy (2005-2012)


The European Council of 17 December adopted the Drugs strategy 2005-2012, which will be included in the Hague Programme for the development of the EU’s area of freedom, security and justice.

The Strategy builds on the EU Drugs Strategy 2000-2004 and Action Plan on Drugs 2000-2004 as well its 2002 Mid-Term Review

To facilitate practical implementation, there will be two consecutive Action Plans on Drugs, based on the new Strategy, describing specific interventions and actions.

The Commission has undertaken to put forward a proposal for a Drugs Action Plan 2005-2008 early in 2005, after an extensive consultation with experts, professionals and representatives of civil society.

The Strategy concentrates on two policy fields, demand reduction and supply reduction, and on two cross-cutting themes, international cooperation and research, information and evaluation.

Demand reduction

The new Drugs Strategy aims to achieve a "measurable reduction of the use of drugs, of dependence and of drug-related health and social risks".

The envisaged drug reduction measures include:

- preventing people from starting to use drugs;

- preventing experimental use becoming regular use;

- early intervention for risky consumption patterns;

- providing treatment programmes;

- providing rehabilitation and social reintegration programmes;

- reducing drug-related health and social damage.

Supply reduction

In the field of supply reduction, the Strategy envisages the following measures:

- focusing on drug-related organised crime, including cross-border drug trafficking, the diversion of drug precursors, drug trafficking and the financing, and money laundering in relation to drug crime;

- more effective use of existing instruments and frameworks, such as Joint Investigation Teams, the European Arrest Warrant, Europol and Eurojust, the Financial Intelligence Unit, and the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols.

- regional or thematic cooperation between EU Member States that have common interests and/or face the same drug-related problems;

- intensifying law enforcement efforts directed at non-EU countries, especially producer countries and regions along trafficking routes.

International cooperation

The Strategy aims to promote a balanced approach to the drugs and precursor problem in dealings with international organisations and third countries.

This implies:

- coordinating Member States’ actions in international fora concerned with the drugs problem, such as the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe, the WHO, and the United Nations Offices on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS);

- special efforts in relation to the candidate countries, and potential candidate countries, such as the countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process.

- assisting third countries, including European Neighbourhood Countries, and key drug producing and transit countries to be more effective in both drugs demand and drugs supply reduction.

Information, research and evaluation

In the field of information and research the following priorities are identified:

- improving the EU knowledge infrastructure in the field of drugs and consolidating the drug information systems and tools developed over the 2000-2004 period, making full use of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and Europol;

- large-scale exchanges and dissemination of research results, experiences and good practices, both at Member State and EU levels;

- special focus on training of professionals and consulting civil society.

Related links:

- Presidency Conclusions of the European Council

- Resolution on the European Drugs Strategy adopted by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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16 August 2005 02:41, by David Louis Brown

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Because of my evidence of a Drug Related Crime Syndicate, I am so glad to have discovered your website. Such Syndicates protect drug dealers from prosecution and launder the proceeds of drug related crime.

The fight against drug trafficking cannot realistically be won by arresting drug dealers, since there are so many. It is more realistic to target white collar professionals involved in money laundering and protecting drug dealers, since there are far less of them, and dealers depend on their services.

Drug dealers deal death and misery - indeed they are mass murderers. Their victims are often young people who, before they overdose, are forced into crime to feed their addictions. Those who go to prison are schooled in further serious crime, often leading to further deaths.

The proceeds of drug related crime often fund terrorism, known as Narcoterrorism, which I believe works something like this: Big terrorist organisations obtain drugs from sympathisers to fund their cause. The drugs are distributed to local factions - like the ones who bombed Madrid and London - to raise funding for local terror. They do this by selling it to crime syndicates, who distribute it to local drug dealers, who then sell it at marked up prices by which they make their profit. I have evidence which could lead to the destruction of such a syndicate.

For years I have tried in vain to get the British Police, judges and the Department of Constitutional Affairs to act upon my evidence which could lead to professionals involved in drug related organised crime. I believe that a reason for refusing to act could have something to do with evidence which indicates that the Crime Syndicate has lawyers, police officers and judges as members.

I have been threatened by police officers and there have been attempts upon my life. One such attempt was recorded, when drug dealers tried to kill me with a crowbar. It was only because of my then considerable physical strength that I was able to deflect the blows aimed at my head and overpower my assailant. The entire incident is clearly recorded on tape, on which my assailant can clearly be heard to say “I’ll kill you”, whilst attempting to crack my scull open. The Police did nothing except advise me to forget all I know.

I would be thankful if you could please write to Sir Ian Blair (Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police) on my behalf, asking him to intervene and to arrange for me to show the evidence to an intelligent, responsible officer, who would put National Security before protecting corrupt police officers, judges and lawyers.

Please help me.

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16 August 2005 03:33, by David Louis Brown

> EU Drugs Strategy (2005-2012)

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Because of my evidence of a Drug Related Crime Syndicate, I am so glad to have discovered your website. Such Syndicates protect drug dealers from prosecution and launder the proceeds of drug related crime.

The fight against drug trafficking cannot realistically be won by arresting drug dealers, since there are so many. It is more realistic to target white collar professionals involved in money laundering and protecting drug dealers, since there are far less of them, and dealers depend on their services.

Drug dealers deal death and misery - indeed they are mass murderers. Their victims are often young people who, before they overdose, are forced into crime to feed their addictions. Those who go to prison are schooled in further serious crime, often leading to further deaths.

The proceeds of drug related crime often fund terrorism, known as Narcoterrorism, which I believe works something like this: Big terrorist organisations obtain drugs from sympathisers to fund their cause. The drugs are distributed to local factions - like the ones who bombed Madrid and London - to raise funding for local terror. They do this by selling it to crime syndicates, who distribute it to local drug dealers, who then sell it at marked up prices by which they make their profit. I have evidence which could lead to the destruction of such a syndicate.

For years I have tried in vain to get the British Police, judges and the Department of Constitutional Affairs to act upon my evidence which could lead to professionals involved in drug related organised crime. I believe that a reason for refusing to act could have something to do with evidence which indicates that the Crime Syndicate has lawyers, police officers and judges as members.

Because of the evidence in my possession, I have been threatened by police officers and there have been attempts upon my life. One such attempt was recorded, when drug dealers tried to kill me with a crowbar. It was only because of my then considerable physical strength that I was able to deflect the blows aimed at my head and overpower my assailant. The entire incident is clearly recorded on tape, on which my assailant can clearly be heard to say “I’ll kill you”, whilst attempting to crack my scull open. The Police did nothing except advise me to forget all I know.

I would be thankful if you could please help me by alerting somebody who could arrange for me to show the evidence to an intelligent, responsible officer (police or otherwise), who would put National Security before the protection of corrupt police officers, judges and lawyers.

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