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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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EU Says Candidate Countries Cause Concern Over Drug Abuse
April 17, 2003 The European Union agency that monitors drug abuse expressed
concern Wednesday about drug use in the 10 countries due to join
the bloc next year. "Recreational drug use and experimentation
are becoming an integral part of youth culture" in most candidate
countries and treatment and needle exchange programs available in
older EU members are not supported in new members, the Lisbon-based European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction
said in a written statement. The report was made public as EU
leaders met in Athens to sign a treaty that would allow the 10
countries in. The agency said in candidate countries "the
phenomenon is newer and problem drug users are generally younger.
There is considerable concern about the potential for future
problems." The 10 countries are the Czech Republic, Cyprus,
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and
Slovenia.
Excerpted from:Back to other CDC news for April 17, 2003 Associated Press 04.16.03 This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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