Conclusions of the Council and the ministers for health meeting within the Council of 13 November 1989 on the implementation of coordinated measures for preventing drug addiction and coping with drug addicts
Date: 1989-11-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union, Representatives of the Governments of the Member States
Subjects: drug addiction, information network, public awareness campaign, reintegration into working life, social rehabilitation, therapeutics













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Conclusions of the Council and the ministers for health meeting within the Council of 13 November 1989 on the implementation of coordinated measures for preventing drug addiction and coping with drug addicts  


Official Journal C 031 , 09/02/1990 P. 0001 - 0002 





CONCLUSIONS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE  MINISTERS FOR HEALTH MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL of 13 November 1989 on the implementation of  coordinated measures for preventing drug addiction and coping with drug addicts (90/C  31/01) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THE MINISTERS FOR HEALTH OF THE MEMBER STATES  MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,  Reiterate their profound concern at the spread of drug addiction throughout the Member States of  the Community;  Confirm in this connection the importance of carrying out rapidly the work entrusted to the  Commission at their meeting on 16 May 1989, especially as regards the setting-up of a European  network of health data on drug abuse;  Feel that the Community is in a position to make a significant contribution of its own to national  and international activities in this field;  Consider that, particularly in the area of the prevention of drug addiction and coping with drug  addicts, the speedy development of measures at all appropriate levels is essential; consider that  such measures should take account of the work of the Council of Europe, in particular the Pompidou  Group, the WHO and UNESCO;  Note that there are areas or regions in the Community with sufficiently similar socioeconomic and  cultural characteristics to make possible exchanges of information or the implementation of  coordinated action;  ASK THE COMMISSION, with the assistance of experts appointed by each Member State, in particular  to: -  make an inventory of areas appropriate for experimenting with coordinated action, -encourage the exchange of practical experience and promote the implementation of coordinated  action between qualified persons and institutions active in the prevention of drug addiction and  coping with drug addicts (treatment, social and occupational reintegration), in accordance with the  methods set out in the Annex hereto, -cooperate with the Council of Europe, in particular the Pompidou Group and the WHO, to extend the  scope of such initiatives, -report on the results of this work, assessing the contribution made by the Community to the  development of national policies in this area and, where appropriate, including proposals to  improve activities in the field. ANNEX   PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS  I.  Areas and actionsThe areas adopted should be such  as to enable a worthwhile contribution to be made to national and, where appropriate, multilateral  activities.  The Commission will ensure a balanced geographical apportioning of the exchange areas throughout  the Community, taking account of existing needs and working from criteria defined in conjunction  with national experts.  These criteria could, by way of example, involve: -  economic phenomena (industrial restructuring areas), -urbanization (recently built-up areas around large cities, run-down urban areas), -population movements (areas of intense tourist activity, border areas, rural areas suffering from  depopulation). The Commission might model its choices on existing projects such as those of the  Rhine-Meuse-Mosel, Dublin-Glasgow-Berlin-Lille-Turin-Barcelona and Barcelona-Toulouse.  II.  TopicsExchanges or coordinated action will deal with the following topics: -  health data on drug addiction, including addictive abuse of medicines, -information campaigns and campaigns to prevent drug use and abuse, and to prevent the behaviour  associated with these, -practice with regard to reception facilities, treatment and work on the streets, -quality of care and assessment of methods, -social and occupational reintegration of addicts, -training of workers operating in this field.