Public health: Community action programme 1996-2000 on the prevention of drug dependence

This proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision related to the adoption of a multi-annual programme to combat drug dependence within the framework for action in the field of public health (1995-2000). The programme would concentrate mainly on the following points: - improving public awareness, particularly through coordinated actions on a transnational basis; - using opportunities provided by other Community policies, programmes and instruments to prevent and combat drug dependence; - supporting initiatives and actions targeted at young people of school age in the appropriate environments - home, leisure, school - and promoting good practices in this respect. The EFTA countries and countries of Central and Eastern Europe could participate in the programme's activities. Furthermore, the Commission could collaborate with the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe, the WHO, UNESCO, the ILO and UNIDCP. The programme clearly outlined the scope of the actions to be implemented at Community level in the annex. The Commission proposed a budget of ECU 28.5 million for the programme from 1995 to 1999. �