NEW EMPHASIS IN DUTCH DRUGS POLICY
Report of the Advisory Committee on Drugs Policy

Contents

Preface

1 Introduction

2 Developments and objectives
2.1 Developments in demand
2.2 Developments in supply
2.3 Goal and methods

3 Young people, drugs and alcohol
3.1 Arguments for a more restrictive policy
3.2 More rigorous and embedded action
3.3 Prevention and care

4 Coffee shops
4.1 Current situation
4.2 Framework for solutions: development and dynamic
4.3 Further development of national coffee shop policy
4.4 Further development of coffee shop policy through experimentation

5 A dynamic drugs policy
5.1 The search for consistency: a ‘dynamic drugs policy’
5.2 Classification of drugs according to risk
5.3 Limiting damage
5.4 Care of addicts
5.5 Tackling the illegal market
5.6 Authorities

Appendix 1: Order establishing the Advisory Committee on Drugs Policy

Appendix 2: List of individuals consulted

Appendix 3: Literature