PORTUGAL: On 1 July 2001 the law decriminalising use of drugs enters into force.
LUXEMBOURG: modification to the main drug law
PORTUGAL: On 1 July 2001 the law decriminalising use of drugs enters into force.
UNITED KINGDOM: Pilot scheme to warn cannabis users, not charge them
GREECE: Proposal for administration of opiate antagonists
UNITED KINGDOM: Home Secretary to consider downgrading cannabis
FRANCE: new law (from 1st October 2001) on obligatory drug testing for drivers involved in a car accidents resulting in fatalities
UNITED KINGDOM: UK consolidates drugs regulations; further restricts substances, maintain medical cannabis basis
UNITED KINGDOM: Parliamentary Committee publishes report on drug policy and law
NORWAY: Norwegian Government will not follow drug decriminalisation proposals
ITALY: New law reorganises national drug control coordination
UNITED KINGDOM: Government emphasises treatment in answer to drugs inquiry, will ask Parliament to reclassify cannabis
BELGIUM, DENMARK: PMMA amongst drugs newly controlled
BELGIUM: Draft of law redefining offences of use and possession of drugs is adopted by Chamber of Representatives - now to Senate
ITALY: New Decree Law establishes equality of drug-free and substitution treatment centres
ELDD COMPARATIVE STUDY: EU countries usually consider small quantities by discretion, not weight
THE NETHERLANDS: Amended Opium Act, Decree, and Implementing Regulations enter into force
ELDD COMPARATIVE STUDY: Consensus in EU that drug driving should be criminal, but criteria and penalties vary widely
BELGIUM: New package of drug laws enter into force
GREECE: Some penal sanctions for non-addicts are reduced, treatment for users is facilitated