Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-04-08-Speech-2-142"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-04-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Reform of the conventions on drugs2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030408.3.2-142"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-04-08-Speech-2-1432
lpv:speaker	lp:Ewa Hedkvist Petersen2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the Swedish Social Democrats, including myself, believe that the UN conventions on drugs should form the basis of the EU’s drugs policy, and we wish this basis to remain in place. To evaluate the policy’s effectiveness is one thing, but to suggest, as this report does, that international conventions that work well should be rescinded is going too far. Nor do I see any reason for reclassifying preparations, as is also demanded by the report. We must remember that, according to the UN conventions, scientific proofs are now already required before a substance can be used lawfully for medical purposes. I am not therefore in favour of this report as it at present stands. For me, in my capacity as a representative of the people, it is important not to give way in the fight against drugs. Sometimes, it is difficult to discuss these issues because, as has been shown in today’s debate, we each have very different views concerning the way in which the available tools are to be used. Allow me to explain my approach and that of the Swedish Social Democrats. We believe that the decriminalisation or legalisation of so-called soft drugs would be downright harmful because soft drugs lead to the use of harder drugs. That is something we know from experience, and I hardly think that anyone here could contradict the fact. We support a drugs policy consisting of three parts, each of which is important: firstly, preventive work; secondly, a policy of control; and, thirdly, treatment. The first part, consisting of preventive measures, is the most important, and that is where the emphasis must be. It is therefore not acceptable to tear up our international conventions dedicated to prevention and to promoting a sensible drugs policy. The second part, relating to control, is also important, but it is only one of three parts. Treatment and rehabilitation are obvious elements of any humane and effective drugs policy aimed at ending the demand for drugs, halting their proliferation and preventing drug-related crime."@en1

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