Moreover, a whole number of accompanying measures is required, such as prevention, counselling, the provision of places for withdrawal treatment, and therapy, drug substitution possibilities and measures for relapse prophylaxis. For many years, this foundation has been committed to the progress in international drug policy. The cities were acknowledged for their courageous and future-oriented drug policy which will affect the future drug policy in Europe and the United States of America. Since this is all about aid for those people affected, and about the well-being of the general public as a whole. The risk of many thousands of people dying under the influence of drugs throughout the world in this year and in the upcoming years is too great and too real.
Time is too short to continue hesitating.
I am convinced of the fact that the new drug policy will progress considerably in the Fourth 'Euro-pean Cities on Drug Policy' conference.