Four countries want less prescriptive EU drugs policy

Four EU member states will today (10 May) propose a new EU drugs strategy that is less rigid and more focussed on care, according to the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad.

The Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg and the UK are set to unveil their proposals at a closed conference between EU member states in Dublin.

The conference is intended to lay the groundwork for the development of a new EU Drugs Strategy for 2005-2010.

In the four countries' proposals, prevention, care and r...