Anti Drugs Policies Of The European Union

Author : M. Elvins
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230006167
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anti-Drugs Policies of the European Union written by M. Elvins and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-08-06 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Elvins' book is the first to trace the evolution of anti-drugs policies at European Union level from the late 1960s to the present. Phases of drug policy development, key policy actors and institutions are described with particular reference to the influence of transnational networks of expertise. Policy development is placed in the context of both European integration and a broad harmonization of international policies against drug trafficking. Concerns are also raised about secretive and anti-democratic features on intergovernmental EU decision-making.

Author : Tim Boekhout van Solinge
Publisher :
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Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drugs and Decision-making in the European Union written by Tim Boekhout van Solinge and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drugs are a perennial topic within the institutions of the European Union--the Commission, Council and Parlia-ment. The "drug problem" is also regularly tabled on the agenda of the European Council, the biannual summit of the government leaders of the fifteen member states. The E.U. systematically brings drug-related issues into virtually all of its political dialogues with Third World countries and regional organizations. It even stresses the importance of anti-drug measures as part of trade agreements and development cooperation. By such means, the European Union has become an important player in the world of international drug control. This book gives an overview of the European Union's anti-drug measures and focuses on its decision-making process. It looks at why drugs have acquired a prominent position on the European political agenda and identifies the political function they serve in terms of domestic drug policy and international relations. This study shows that instead of solving the drug problem, the European Union's bureaucracy actually helps to keep it alive and well. Tim Boekhout van Solinge is a researcher at the Centre for Drug Research of the University of Amsterdam.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The European Union in Action Against Drugs written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overview of funding in 1995

Author : Georges Estievenart
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780792333364
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Policies and Strategies to Combat Drugs in Europe written by Georges Estievenart and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 1995-02-09 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathilde van den Brink.

Author : Renaud Colson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317426940
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book European Drug Policies written by Renaud Colson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The drug control regime established by the international community has not succeeded in curbing either the demand for, or the offer of, narcotics. But, despite a series of developments in the Americas – including the legalisation of cannabis in Uruguay and in several states in the United States of America – there is still little support in Europe for repealing drug-prohibition laws. Nevertheless, a gradual policy convergence reveals the emergence of a European model favouring public-health strategies over a strictly penal approach to combatting drugs, while growing transnational support for legalisation indicates the persistence of an alternative paradigm for drug policy. This book examines the various influences on drug policies in Europe, as grassroots movements, NGO networks, private foundations and academic research centres increasingly confront the prevailing discourses of drug prohibition. Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach and bringing together legal scholars, social scientists and practitioners, it provides a comprehensive and critical assessment of drug policy reform in Europe.

Author : Nicholas Dorn
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349246190
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book European Drug Policies and Enforcement written by Nicholas Dorn and published by Springer. This book was released on 1996-06-12 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drug problems present sharp challenges for policing and democracy in the European Union. Harmonisation of anti-trafficking measures contrasts with diversity of local policies on drug users. 'Open drug scenes' trigger innovative but often volatile responses. This collection presents vivid experiences of drug policy-making at city, regional and higher levels. For the future, beyond 1996, EU 'confederal' and 'intergovernmental' scenarios have distinct implications for drugs. Finally, international dimensions are explored - drug control through money laundering countermeasures, trade and development policies, security and EU enlargement.

Author : C. Chatwin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230306837
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Drug Policy Harmonization and the European Union written by C. Chatwin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the illegal drug issue in international context, this book looks at why harmonization has not already taken place at the European level. It considers the desirability and viability of harmonization, examines the conflict between repressive and liberal drug policies and applies a multi-level governance lens to the issue.

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Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The European Union and the Fight Against Drugs written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780108475665
Total Pages : 64 pages
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Download or read book The EU drugs strategy written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-03-16 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2008, an estimated 34billion euros was spent on the drugs problem in the EU. Much more needs to be done - and must be done - in the battle against the EU's drugs problem. The EU must be more effective in its fight against drugs trafficking, and should call on Member States to be more ready to learn from each other's experiences and to encourage cross-border dialogue between their local governments and cities. Following a six month-long inquiry, the Committee agree that the Member States should, as now, retain responsibility for their own drugs policies. They recommend that the new EU Strategy should concentrate on three key areas. Firstly, co-ordination, through Europol, of the fight against drug trafficking ensuring that any new measures actually reduce the supply of drugs and do not merely move trafficking elsewhere. Secondly, improvement of the collection, analysis, evaluation and distribution of information by the European Monitoring Centre. Thirdly, reliance on the EU's public health obligations and use of public health duties to encourage Member States to devote more resources to harm reduction and to engage in dispassionate and evidence-based discussions on how best to treat the possession and use of drugs. The Committee believes that the creation of a new drugs strategy, lasting until 2020, should provide the perfect platform for a wider and better informed public debate on different Member States' policies and approaches

Author : Nicholas Dorn
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789041110589
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regulating European Drug Problems written by Nicholas Dorn and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout Europe - from town halls and regional governments, through national Parliaments and ministries, to the high institutions of the European Union - there runs a vigorous debate on organised crime, municipal safety and private conduct. Drug problems and what to do about them often occupy center-stage at these debates. Throughout the 1990s the focus of legal attention has been primarily on the criminal law. New criminal offenses have been created, partly in response to influences 'from above' (from international and European agreements) and partly in response to pressure 'from below' (concerns of citizens at national and sub-national levels). But although criminal law certainly is important as far as the development of drug controls is concerned, it is by no means the whole story. There is a parallel history, a regulatory one, consisting of the increasing use of administrative measures, some of which are directly concerned with drugs while others are more general but equally applicable. These responses, together with civil law, variously function as adjuncts to criminal law or as alternatives to it, in relation to drug trafficking at European and national levels, drug-related public nuisance as it concerns citizens at municipal level, and drug users. After charting existing measures in the legal orders of Member states and of the Community, Regulating European Drug Problems looks at prospects for administrative drug controls after Amsterdam - in the context of the development of the Single Market, cooperation against crime and insecurity, subsidiarity, and human rights. At a practical level, the study offers provocative ideas to policy-makers and administrators working at the intersection of city-level, national, and European responses to drugs. For scholars and students, the book offers comparative legal research and European synthesis, and forges new links between fields of law, suppresion of organised crime, and economic and social regulation.