DUTCH GOVERNMENT 1997 PROGRESS REPORT ON DRUG POLICY

INTRODUCTION

1. DEVELOPMENTS IN DRUG USE
1.1 Results of the XTC study
1.2. Drug use among high school pupils
1.3 Crack/cooked coke
1.4 Smart Drugs, Smart Products andEco-Drugs

2. CARE OF ADDICTS AND PREVENTION
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Financial and Organizational Structure of the Care of Addicts
2.3. Care renewal and quality policy
2.4. Policy on designated use areas
2.5. Prevention
2.6. Research on the provision of heroin

3. COMBATING (CROSS-BORDER) DRUG PRODUCTION AND TRAFFICKING
3.1 Combating production and traffickingin XTC
3.2 Tightening control on the external EU border
3.3 Improving intra-European drug smuggling control
3.4. Combating intra-European drug tourism
3.5. Netherlands Antilles and Aruba

4. COFFEE SHOP POLICY
4.1. Regulation of coffee shops
4.2 Amendment of legislation and regulations

5. COMBATING NUISANCE
5.1. Nuisance policy
5.2. Harder line on criminal nuisance

6. DETENTION
6.1. Medical care in prisons
6.2. Extension of addiction treatment units
6.3. Medical care for drug runners

7. INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS
7.1. Multi-lateral cooperation
7.2. Bilateral cooperation and informationexchange with other countries

8. RESEARCH AND MONITORING
8.1. Addiction programme
8.2. WODC research programme
8.3. Research within the context of the EU
8.4. Netherlands National Drug Monitor