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Meeting proceedings: MCDDA seminar on alternatives to prison, December 2002

January 2020

Please note: this document forms part of the EMCDDA's institutional record. The information contained within this document may no longer be correct or relevant. More up-to-date information on this topic is available elsewhere on the EMCDDA website. Because of this. caution is recommended before...
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Inconsistencies in the assumptions linking punitive sanctions and use of cannabis and new psychoactive substances in Europe

June 2018

The level of drug use in the population is an ongoing topic of concern for policymakers, and regular adjustments to the penalty for this might reflect how much sanctions are viewed politically as appropriate to deter use. It is therefore interesting that not only is it difficult to observe the...
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Council conclusions on promoting the use of alternatives to coercive sanctions for drug using offenders

March 2018

These Council conclusions on alternatives to coercive sanctions for drug using offenders were adopted by the Justice and Home Affairs Council on 8 March 2018. The agreement represents the political will of the 28 EU Member States to apply, in each legal system, alternative measures to coercive...
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Criminal justice and drug policy: treatment, harm reduction and alternatives to punishment

September 2017
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Drug-using offenders in the European Union 2000–2004

June 2004

Drug use is directly or indirectly prohibited in all EU countries – except for in medical or scientific circumstances – and punishment for offences varies from administrative to penal, depending on the country. This thematic paper for the Commission's evaluation of the EU Action Plan analyses...
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The role of the quantity in the prosecution of drug offences — ELDD comparative study

April 2003

All countries use legal or judicial means to grade the severity of the offence of drug possession and related actions. Frequently this is done by reference to the quantity of drugs involved in the offence, and some countries choose to indicate certain quantities as the threshold between the levels...
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1998 study on Alternatives to Prison for drug using offenders in the EU (CT.97.DR.96)

September 1998

Please note: this document forms part of the EMCDDA's institutional record. It is based on a study carried out in 1998. The information contained within this document may no longer be correct or relevant. More up-to-date information on this topic is available elsewhere on the EMCDDA website....