Plans to mandate the European Council to reform the UN Conventions on drugs were rejected at the 8 April 2003 plenary of the European Parliament.
Rapporteur MEP Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg (Greens/EFA, Netherlands), was so dissatisfied by the amendments made by the EPP-ED and EDD political groups to her draft report of 24 March 2003 that she voted against her own report.
MEPs decided to maintain support for the current UN Conventions and to call for full implementation by the Member States of the Conventions. MEPs voted also that prevention should be a central goal for the EU drugs strategy instead of reducing drug use.
