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I abstained from voting on this report. Although I share the rapporteur’s concerns and her ultimate aims, I feel bound to regret the report’s inclusion of points that I believe will do precisely the opposite of what they are intended to. I also regret that the excellent amendments tabled by Mr Blokland and Mr Santini, because their rejection by the slimmest of majorities suggests a desire to reject the possibility of a balanced text, which enjoys a broader consensus. I therefore regret the hesitant nature of many of the provisions adopted, which, whilst appearing to be democratic, could lead to failed models and distorted viewpoints being imposed on the fight against drug addiction. The rapporteur could have gone further in combating the ambivalent discourse on the use of drugs. So common amongst some parts of the European Left, which refuses to see drug consumption as the breaking of each citizen’s responsibility towards their fellow citizens. The 1997 report by the United Nations Office on Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP), stated that ‘efforts to reduce world consumption will be less effective if programmes for reducing demand are undermined by calls for drugs to be legalised’. The truth is that, unfortunately, mistaken policies always result in human disasters on the ground."@en1
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