“Tackling Problem Drug Use in Europe.”
Conference Report back from Wilton Park by Andria Efthimiou-Mordaunt
ENCOD PARTICIPATION IN EU SUMMIT ON DRUG POLICY May 2004
On 10 and 11 May 2004, ENCOD was invited to attend the official conference “The Way Forward”, on a new European Union strategy on illicit drugs, which was held in the Hotel Conrad, Dublin, Ireland. Read the experiences of our representative and the speech that was distributed on our behalf.
In search of Co-operative Solutions
From 15 February to 2 March, 1998, a delegation of European MP’s, government officials and NGO representatives visited Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, in order to obtain information on the situation of illicit drugs production. Its objective was to achieve first-hand testimonies from (local) government officials, parliament members, representatives from the legal apparatus, development experts from NGO’s and mutlilateral organisations, peasant representatives and others on the economic, social, political and environmental problems related to illicit drugs production as well as strategies aiming at controlling this phenomenon.
GUIDELINES FOR DRUG POLICIES IN THE 21st CENTURY March 2001
In March 2001, 25 ENCOD members from 8 different countries met in Brussels and edited the following guidelines for just and effective drug policies in Europe.