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L’Union Européenne ne devrait pas combattre les drogues mais réduire les risques
La nouvelle stratégie de l’UE en matière de drogues intègre des réponses sanitaires et sociales à une approche essentiellement axée sur la loi et les considérations sécuritaires. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.
The new Security Union strategy would “fight” against drugs together with child abuse and arms trafficking. This is a bad approach.
The European Commission has published its new EU drug strategy (now called the Drugs Agenda), which is part of a wider Security Union strategy entitled “Delivering on a Security Union: initiatives to fight child sexual abuse, drugs and illegal firearms.” While I celebrated the previous Action Plan as the most progressive ever, I think this document has come as a disappointment for civil society organisations that have been advocating for a sensible, balanced approach in drug policies.
Here are 4 reasons why (this article is not a comprehensive review and it does not reflect the official position of the Civil Society Forum on Drugs or other organisations but only my personal views).