Negotiators from the European Parliament and the Council of the EU agreed, on Tuesday 28 March, on the scope of the new European Drugs Agency, which will transform the current European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction into a fully-fledged agency and strengthen its role, the two institutions said in a statement.
With this regulation, the Agency will be able to respond more effectively to the new health and safety challenges posed by illicit drugs. It will also be in a better...