European Drug Policy

Cannabis regulation and local authorities in Europe

2019-07-08T15:29:35+00:00

Local and regional authorities across Europe are confronted with the negative consequences of a persisting illicit cannabis market. Increasingly, local and regional authorities, non-governmental pres ...

Better to Ask Forgiveness Than Permission

2018-06-27T08:43:58+00:00

In recent years, the international debate on drug policy reform has intensified, and with it has come a productive exchange of information between academics, activists and advocates on the diverse mo ...

Cannabis legislation in Europe

2017-03-23T10:02:59+00:00

At a time of increased debate on the laws controlling the use of cannabis in the European Union, this report answers some of the questions most often asked about cannabis legislation. Using a questio ...

EU Drug Markets Report

2016-04-06T09:36:34+00:00

The 2016 EU Drug Markets Report provides a unique insight into the operation of illicit drug markets in the EU. The report assesses the impact of the drug market on society and the factors driving it ...

Cannabis policy reform in Europe

2015-02-02T10:26:05+00:00

While in the Americas cannabis policy reform is taking off, Europe seems to be lagging behind. That is to say, in European nations at the level of national governments – where denial of the changing ...

European policy on khat

2014-11-19T13:13:39+00:00

The UK and the Netherlands commissioned distinguished scholars and experts to study the social and clinical harms of khat. These experts argued that any harms associated with khat did not require a c ...

Expert Seminar: Where next for Europe on drug policy reform?

2013-10-04T12:20:37+00:00

The expert seminar “Where next for Europe on drug policy reform?” analysed the new EU strategy on drugs and its action plan and discussed ways to improve and innovate European drug policy. The semina ...

The European Union Drugs Strategy 2013-2020

2013-10-08T13:41:39+00:00

The European Union (EU) has had some form of formal drug strategy since the early 1990s. These successive strategies have attempted to articulate a common Europe-wide position, and set out the role f ...

European Union discussion on response to Bolivia's denunciation of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs

2011-01-16T11:54:44+00:00

The following notes are summaries of the EU Horizontal Working Party on Drugs discussions about Bolivia’s coca amendment and denunciation of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, taken from t ...

Modernising the global drug control system – Can Europe lead?

2012-06-14T11:40:23+00:00

The seminar entitled “Modernising the global drug control system – Can Europe lead?” was organised in the European Parliament by the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), and the Global Commis ...

European Drug Policy at Crossroads

2012-01-19T11:12:34+00:00

In recent years of global debate on policies and strategies on controlled drugs, the European institutions (European Commission and Council, and the EMCDDA) and member states have broadly been a prog ...

Towards a stronger European response to drugs

2012-01-18T14:16:29+00:00

With the Lisbon Treaty now in place, the European response to drugs needs to be strong and decisive, addressing both drug demand and drug supply. New legislation involving the European Parliament, an ...

Evaluation of Dutch Drug Policy

2012-10-08T13:48:12+00:00

The main purpose of this evaluation was to determine to what extent the principal goal of Dutch drug policy has been achieved, as stated in the 1995 Policy Document on Drugs (Drugsnota). This asserts ...

Global Illicit Drug Markets 1998-2007

2009-03-14T22:24:39+00:00

This report commissioned by the European Commission, found no evidence that the global drug problem has been reduced during the period from 1998 to 2007 – the primary target of the 1998 UNGASS, which ...