Overall, the Conference was very satisfactory, as it allowed the representatives of national authorities and of civil society to discuss the main issues on drugs in a wide ranging and open debate, and to reach a general consensus on most points. There were repeated calls for a radical rethink of...

The public opinion poll analysed in this report was carried out in the fifteen Member States between 27 April and 10 June 2002 for Eurobarometer 57.2, at the request of the European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice and Home Affairs, and organised by the Press and Communication...