Translation of "abus des drogues " (French → English) :

The EU is addressing the complex social phenomenon of widespread substance use and abuse in the population, and is increasingly focusing on measures to address the harm caused by drugs to individuals and society.

(Return tabled) Question No. 504 Hon. Carolyn Bennett: With regard to Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada and Health Canada, breaking down each response by First Nations or Inuit community: (a) what was the number of registered First Nations or Inuit clients with a prescription for OxyContin under the Non-Insured Health Benefit (NIHB) Program in each of the years from 2006 to 2012 inclusive; (b) how many requests for Suboxone treatment were received by NIHB after it was listed on December 7, 2011, and, of these (i) how many were granted, (ii) what was the reason given for requests that were refused, (iii) was an alternative treatment offered to those clients whose requests were refused, (iv) what measures were taken to measu ...[+++]re the health outcomes of clients whose requests were refused; (c) is there a doctor, nurse or other health professional trained in drug treatment in the community; (d) is there a healing centre in the community, and, if not, what is the location of the closest or most-readily accessible healing centre; (e) what sort of culturally-appropriate psychosocial aftercare services are available in the community for clients who have completed a detoxification program; (f) did the government conduct evaluations of the level of substance abuse during the period 2006 to 2012, and, if so, (i) how has the rate changed over time, (ii) what is the extent of abuse of legally-obtained prescription drugs, (iii) what is the extent of abuse of illegally-obtained prescription drugs; (g) what was the amount of funding for drug prevention and drug treatment in each of the years from 2006 to 2012 inclusive, and what was the amount of funding dedicated specifically to prescription drug abuse, obtained both legally and illegally; and (h) what was the amount of funding for the National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program in each of the years from 2006 to 2012 inclusive, and what was the amount spent on (i) prevention activities, (ii) intervention ac ...

(d) support all consistent efforts, including those of the United Nations Drugs Control Programme (UNDCP), aimed at reducing substantially the production, trafficking and abuse of drugs in Afghanistan, and notes the importance of implementation of the Community's projects in support of the Union's Central Asia Drugs Initiative.

Under the aegis of the drug strategy, the government remains committed to a working partnership whose ``raison d'être'' is the reduction of drug abuse in Canada (1220) [English] The controlled drugs and substances bill is an integral part of the strategy.

Assuming that such a commitment is confirmed, the Community and its Member States could cooperate with Morocco in the following areas: - assistance with the drafting of a basic social and economic report on Marocco's drugy production and exports; - technical assistance to set up a drugs monitoring unit to provide the government with better information; - preparation and implementation of a master plan covering all aspects of the problem (drug use, production, trafficking and money laundering) in cooperation with UNIDCP; - equipment and technical assistance as requested by the authorities concerned; - continued support for private and ...[+++] public sector projects to prevent drug abuse in Morocco, particularly in northern towns.

3.- The European Council held in The Hague The European Council, which met in The Hague on 26 and 27 June 1986, included in its conclusions a section on drugs in which it expressed itself "gravely concerned about the serious problem of drug abuse" and considered it advisable "to organize ad hoc collaboration between the Member States and the European Commission to examine what initiatives could be taken in this area without their being any duplication with work carried out elsewhere"./.- 2 - 4.- Informal Council meeting in London on i ...[+++]nternal affairs At the informal Council meeting on internal affairs, held in London on 20 October 1986, the Ministers "agreed that the Member States in connection with the Community had an important role to play in the international effort to combat drug production, trafficking and misuse".