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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/drugs

Pirker report on synthetic drugs calls for strict control of precursors and a regulation rather than a directive

Brussels, 21/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights has adopted the report by Hubert Pirker (EPP-Austria) on synthetic drugs, which mainly asks the EU to avail itself of a regulation, that is immediately applicable in the Member States, rather than a directive, and that the European Parliament should have the right of codecision in this connection.

In a press release, Mr Pirker stresses that at least 5 million young people take...

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