Tackling drugs requires harm reduction, not repression
9 years, 1 month ago

Tackling drugs requires harm reduction, not repression

Dutch News  

In April, the United Nations is meeting to discuss the worldwide policy on drugs. Junior health minister Martin van Rijn must be urged to forge a different approach, write Dutch MPs Vera Bergkamp and Marith Volp. Now that the Netherlands holds the presidency of the EU and junior health minister Martin van Rijn will soon attend a special meeting of the United nations, it is time to promote a different approach to drugs. Progressive The Dutch presidency of the EU and the recent shift in drugs policy in the United States, where several states are introducing progressive drugs policies, open the door to a better common approach. We propose that 10% of the current drugs policy budget is invested in limiting the effects on health.

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Tackling drugs requires harm reduction, not repression
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Dutch News  

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