Letter outlining drugs policy September 11 2009
Parliamentry document, 11 September 2009
To the President of the House of Representatives
of the States General
Postbus 20018
2500 EA Den Haag
VGP-2955486
September 11, 2009
Dear Madam President,
During the debate on drugs policy with the House of Representatives on 6 March 2008, we agreed to draft a new policy document on drugs. In preparation, the policy pursued in the past fifteen years was evaluated by the Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction (Trimbos Instituut) and the Research and Documentation Centre. We also appointed an Advisory Committee on Drugs Policy (Van de Donk Committee) to advise us on the future of drugs policy, using the outcome of the evaluation as a basis. These reports were finalised and presented to the House on 2 July 2009.
In this letter, we describe the implications of the evaluation and the Advisory Committee’s report for current drugs policy. Since we intend to make major changes to some elements of this policy, we have opted to discuss the main outlines with the House of Representatives before fleshing them out in a comprehensive document.
References
- Letter outlining drugs policy 11 September 2009Parliamentry document | 11 September 2009 |
pdf, 13 pag., 121 kB - New emphasis in Dutch drugs policySurvey | 15 September 2009 | pdf, 43 pag., 364 kBIn this report the committee presents a diagnosis of the situation based on recent studies and makes recommendations for improvements to policy.
