24/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 23 March, the European Commission received a mandate from the Council to negotiate an agreement on drug precursors with Russia. This is aimed at improving cooperation with Moscow not only for following up the trade in such projects but also for preventing trafficking. Drug precursors are inoffensive chemical substances legally used in the manufacture of products such as medicines, soaps and perfumes but which may be illegally used for the production of...