US EditionOutgoing Head of Europe's Drug Agency Warns of Surge of Violence From Stimulant Trade
- The European Union Drugs Agency released its 2023 annual report showing record cocaine seizures across Europe with rising violence near government centers.
- This surge follows a seven-year trend of increasing cocaine trafficking shifted to northern ports like Antwerp, Belgium, linked to higher gang violence in once-safe cities.
- Belgium, Spain, and the Netherlands, hosting major ports, accounted for 72% of 419 tonnes seized, with Spain recording its largest 13-tonne haul hidden in Ecuadorian bananas.
- Agency chief Alexis Goosdeel warned policymakers that stimulant addiction lacks standard pharmacological treatments and urged focusing on care over punishment to address growing violence.
- The escalating stimulant trade and related violence in Europe’s safest areas imply an urgent public health threat and need for strengthened policy responses across the EU.
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Euro Agency Warns of Rising Drug Gang Violence
The European Union Drugs Agency´s annual report released on Thursday found that in 2023 cocaine seizures in Europe hit a record. The post Euro Agency Warns of Rising Drug Gang Violence Across Continent appeared first on Breitbart.
The Hamilton Spectator
Outgoing head of Europe’s drug agency warns of surge of violence from stimulant trade
Europe’s top official monitoring illegal drugs has a parting message near the end of his tenure: the relentless rise in the trafficking of cocaine and other stimulants is producing more violence than ever before in the heart of the world’s…
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Outgoing head of Europe's drug agency warns of surge of violence from stimulant trade
Europe’s top official monitoring illegal drugs is nearing the end of his decade-long tenure with one clear message: the non-stop rise in cocaine and other stimulants is producing more violence than ever before in the heart of the world’s safest society.
Culture, youth and sport are being together in the same Ministry. Still in this journal, Portugal has been identified as the starting point of cocaine traffic for Europe.
The latest European report on drugs urges States to prepare for a possible increase in demand for treatment.
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