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"en.19991119.2.5-032"2
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"Drugs are becoming more and more widespread and are reaching increasingly younger targets. The financial stakes involved and the vast profits made behind the scenes are the main factors in sustaining and expanding this inhumane market whose victims are in the more productive and dynamic section of the population. This therefore has particularly dramatic consequences not only for users and their families but also for society as a whole.
The association of drug trafficking with arms smuggling, terrorism and international crime, as well as police, judicial and governmental corruption is a problem which cannot be resolved by prayers alone, nor can it be resolved on a superficial level with half-hearted measures or with measures designed solely to tackle the problem of drug addiction.
At the same time, we must bring to the fore and address those social issues which cause, reinforce and exacerbate the problem. In a society where ideals and values are gradually perishing, competition and profit are intensifying, and in a society uncertain of its future in which a large number of young people are being hard hit by unemployment, inadequate social security and a lack of social support structures to nurture education and culture, the youth of today are not being armed with the right values and criteria to resist both physical and psychological addiction. They feel disorientated and are being skilfully driven to drop everything in search of other forms of escapism.
Because of the nature and urgency of the matter, we need to adopt a clear, coordinated and specific policy which must be examined and adapted to address the tragic extent of the problem.
We agree with many of the remarks and proposals in the report and we would like to stress the importance of developing the joint and simultaneous objective of reducing supply and demand and combating drug trafficking. We would also like to stress just how vital help and support is for drug users in helping them not only to overcome drug dependency but also to integrate into society. We would like to highlight the need to make funding available to cover the major needs which have arisen to address the problem in a fundamental, effective and coordinated manner. Neither the existing funds nor the funds proposed by the Commission cover even the most basic needs.
We fear that any further cuts and reductions in social funding
and policy
will mean that this crucial objective will have to compete with others for funding and may prove too costly.
For that reason, we are asking and calling upon all social and collective organisations, including trade unions, and the cultural and scientific world, to coordinate their efforts, to exert more pressure at a national and European level and to step up the fight against this major problem which has so tragically reared its ugly head in our society."@en1
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