Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-04-10-Speech-4-091"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-04-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20030410.4.4-091"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-04-10-Speech-4-0922
lpv:speaker	lp:Carl Lang2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea (2002-03-07--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Front national (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; NA (2001-10-03--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3
lpv:translated text	". The report we are examining today tries to be modern and libertarian. It requests the reform of the United Nations Conventions on drugs and other narcotics, as they are considered to be too severe and repressive, in particular for cannabis users. The desired objective is a free, liberalised drug market and decriminalised drug use. How can we fail to be shocked and horrified by such suggestions? How can we fail to realise that the damage caused by drug consumption and consumption of other psychotropic substances is increasingly significant in terms of crime, trafficking and death? How can we fail to accept the fact that drug consumption increases exponentially with tolerance? In this regard, I would like to congratulate my Finnish colleague, Mrs Matikainen-Kallström, who has bravely taken a stance in favour of a zero tolerance policy with regard to drugs. This is clearly the only responsible attitude to adopt on this subject. We must not touch the international conventions that lay down rules and principles relating to the fight against drugs. Policy on combating drug consumption and trafficking must remain the responsibility of the Member States. In particular, it is not Europe’s role to decree, on the basis of scientific studies, which are only of value until the next studies that contradict them, that smoking cannabis is a good thing."@en1

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