Introduction
Summary: The work programme for 2000 of the EMCDDA aimed to accomplish the implementation of its second three year work programme, Three-year work programme 1998–2000, with the view to preparing the next three year work programme (2001–03) and to progressively cover the different priority areas of activity laid down in the EMCDDA founding regulation. In line with the EU Drug Strategy 2000–04 the EMCDDA continued to ensure collection, analysis and dissemination of objective reliable and comparable data on the drugs phenomenon in the EU and the systematic and scientific evaluation of drug demand reduction activities. This work programme also took into account the position expressed by the European Parliament ('Schaffner Report'). Read more >>