Foreigners tend to dominate the illegal drug trafficking market.
Switzerland continues progressive treatment programs aimed at hard-core addicts. In Autumn 1997, Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected an abstinence-based initiative which would have significantly changed the current official drug policy. The Swiss have always considered law enforcement and prevention the core of their drug policy. Switzerland has taken firm measures to combat money laundering and cooperates with US officials and others toward this end. Swiss authorities continue to cooperate with international efforts to control the export of precursor chemicals.