For a European convention on promoting public health policy in drug control

Recommendation 1813 (2007)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

Assembly debate on 3 October 2007 (33rd Sitting) (see Doc. 11344, report of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee, rapporteur: Mr Flynn). Text adopted by the Assembly on 3 October 2007 (33rd Sitting).

Thesaurus

1. The Parliamentary Assembly refers to its Resolution 1576 (2007) for a European convention on promoting public health policy in drug control and recommends that the Committee of Ministers:

1.1 forward this resolution to the governments of member states and request them to take it into account when developing their national drug policy strategies;

1.2 invite the Pompidou Group and other relevant European partners to:

1.2.1 promote an exchange of best practices between member states on public-health-orientated responses to problem drug use;

1.2.2 promote a dialogue on problem drug use in the context of public health policy making;

1.2.3 support the collection of comparable data and the development of indicators on effective responses to problem drug use;

1.2.4 formulate and adopt a new framework convention on drug policy which consolidates existing scientific and medical knowledge and which may subsequently form the basis of member states’ national drug policies.