All drugs.
Regulated.
In pharmacies.
50 bliain de chogadh drugaí níor laghdaigh úsáid.
Gach Druga. Rialaithe. I gCógaslanna.
Cócaon, hearóin, MDMA agus drugaí eile – margadh rialaithe in ionad an mhargaidh dhuibh. Gan truaillitheoirí. Gan coireacht andúile. Gan thomhaltóirí na hEorpa ag maoiniú cartéil.
6.166
Básanna drugaí san AE 2021
87 Mio.
Saoránaigh AE d'úsáid
1,6 Mio.
Cionta drugaí san AE 2023
31 Mrd. €
Margadh drugaí AE/bliain
Foinsí: Tuarascáil Drugaí Eorpach EUDA, Tuarascáil Margadh Drugaí AE EUDA/Europol
"When the US ended alcohol prohibition, Al Capone's empire collapsed. Not because crime disappeared – but because the most lucrative market became legal."
Anailís
Why Prohibition Has Failed
Current drug policy causes more harm than it prevents. Here is the analysis.
Health Failure
People don't die from drugs – they die from illegality. Unknown dosages, contamination, lack of medical help.
- Fentanyl Crisis: Synthetic opioids are increasingly being mixed into other substances – without users' knowledge.
- Adulterants: From synthetic cannabinoids to toxic additives – the illegal market has no quality control.
- Dosage Uncertainty: Every batch can have different potency. What was safe yesterday can be lethal today.
Objection: Doesn't regulation lead to more use?
Evidence shows the opposite: Portugal decriminalized all drugs in 2001 – use didn't increase, and among youth it actually decreased. The Netherlands has lower cannabis use rates than Germany despite coffeeshops.
Homelessness and rotting wounds are not inevitable.
In many European cities, necrotic wounds come from contaminated street drugs and infected injection sites. Cutting agents like lidocaine or levamisole destroy vessels and tissue.
People with alcohol dependence consume a regulated, taxed product. Even when homeless they buy legal substances without unknown additives — they do not die from adulterants, do not lose limbs to contaminated poison, and still contribute to the commons through taxes.
Regulation means: pure substances instead of street poison, medical oversight instead of necrosis, revenue instead of downstream costs.
Social Failure
Regulation means: tax revenue instead of cartel profits, professional counseling instead of anonymous street dealing, preventive healthcare instead of emergency medicine.
Today: Black Market
€31+ Mrd.
annually to cartels in the EU
With Regulation
Tax Revenue
for prevention, therapy, education
Source: EUDA/Europol EU Drug Markets Report – estimated annual revenue of the illegal EU drug market.
Stigma Prevents Help
People with addiction problems hide out of fear of social ostracism. They seek help only when it's almost too late – or not at all. In a regulated system, they could openly seek support before the spiral begins – from professionals, not on the street.
Objection: Shouldn't society reject drug use?
Rejection and prohibition are not the same. We socially reject smoking – yet tobacco is legal and regulated. The result: smoking rates have been declining for decades. Honest education and health policy work better than bans.
The Problem Today: Alcohol and Tobacco Next to Bread
Even for legal drugs our system fails: highly toxic alcohol and tobacco are sold in supermarkets next to bread. No entrance age filter, no mandatory counselling, cheap bulk offers. Serious regulation would move these products into specialised outlets with age checks and advice – exactly what we propose for all substances.
Enforcement Failure
"You cannot fight cartels while funding them."
The Prohibition Paradox:
- High Prices: Prohibition keeps prices artificially high – extreme profit margins
- Risk Priced In: Seizures and arrests are calculated business costs
- Constant Demand: 50 years of drug war haven't reduced consumption
- Violence Guaranteed: Illegal markets are regulated with guns instead of lawyers
Objection: Organized crime always exists – regulation won't solve it
True. But we choose which markets to leave them. When the US ended alcohol prohibition, Al Capone's empire collapsed. Not because crime disappeared – but because the most lucrative market became legal. The same pattern is possible.
An Poll Dall
Cén fáth nach labhraíonn an díospóireacht riamh faoi rialáil
I ngach clár faisnéise faoi choireacht drugaí, cloiseann muid: „Níl aon réiteach ann." Ní thugtar fiú leath-abairt don fhéidearthacht go bhféadfadh fíor-rialáil cumhacht na gcartéal a bhaint díobh.
Sampla na hÍsiltíre
In ainneoin chaoinfhulaingt na gcaife, tá drong drugaí an-chumhachtach, ionraíonn siad an stát agus maraíonn siad sibhialtaigh. An chúis: fanann an slabhra soláthair neamhdhleathach.
Coinníonn leathchóras na cartéil beo
Ní rialáil í "caoinfhulaingt" na hÍsiltíre – is leathchóras í. Chomh fada is a fhanann táirgeadh agus mórdhíol neamhdhleathach, fanann cartéil sa ghnó.
Sampla na Sualainne
Roghnaíonn an tSualainn an bealach contrártha: an chois is déine, níos mó póilíní, díbirtí níos tapúla. An toradh? Fanann foréigean drong ard, earcaítear mionaoisigh, bogann an fhadhb in ionad imeacht. Ag bualadh níos láidre gan rialáil, troid in aghaidh comharthaí, ní cúiseanna.
Ciallaíonn fíor-rialáil:
- Táirgeadh dlíthiúil faoi rialú stáit
- Mórdhíol dlíthiúil le rialú cáilíochta
- Díolachán dlíthiúil i gcógaslanna
- Cailleann cartéil an margadh iomlán
Ní féidir linn cumhacht na coireachta eagraithe a bhaint go hiarbhír ach nuair atá an slabhra soláthair iomlán dlíthiúil.
Solution
How Regulation Works
Regulation is not promotion. We regulate dangerous things not because we want to promote them – but because control protects better than prohibition.
| Alcohol | Medications | Regulated Model | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age Limit | ✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ |
| Quality Control | ✓ | ✓ | ✓✓ |
| Advertising Ban | ○ | ✓ | ✓✓ |
| Mandatory Consultation | — | ✓ | ✓✓ |
| Medical Monitoring | — | ✓ | ✓✓ |
✓✓ = Stricter control than alcohol
The Five Pillars of Regulation
Quality Control
Pharmaceutical-grade substances with known dosing. No adulterants, no unknown additives.
Medical Support
Initial medical consultation, regular health checks, direct access to therapy options.
Age Control
Strict age verification. Dealers don't ask for ID – licensed sales points do.
Prevention Funding
Tax revenue flows into education, prevention and therapy instead of cartel coffers.
Privacy
Medical confidentiality. No central consumer registry. No data sharing with police or employers.
What Does NOT Happen
- No central consumer registry
- No data sharing with police
- No employer access
- No driver's license linking
What IS Guaranteed
- Medical confidentiality
- Independent oversight
- Purpose-limited health data
- Anonymous statistics
The Process in 4 Steps
1. Registration
Anonymous registration at a licensed sales point. Initial medical consultation.
2. Counseling
Risk education. Regular health checks. Access to therapy.
3. Sale
Pharmaceutical-grade substances are sold with defined dosing and quality control.
4. Funding
Tax revenue for prevention, therapy, research.
Taxes, Subsidies, Solidarity
Regulated sales mean: the state collects taxes, can subsidize prices if needed, and takes responsibility for vulnerable people – because less crime and no blood money are in everyone's own interest.
- Sales are taxed and finance prevention, treatment and social services.
- State price control can undercut dealers and dry up the black market.
- Less crime and no blood money are a moral self-interest for the whole society.
Evidence
International Case Studies
Regulation is not theory – it's practiced worldwide. Here are the results.
🇨🇭 Switzerland
Heroin Program since 1994
Severely heroin-addicted receive pharmaceutical-grade heroin under medical supervision. The program has been running for 30 years.
The Model:
- Heroin-Assisted Treatment (HAT) for severely addicted
- Pharmaceutically pure heroin under medical supervision
- Daily visits to specialized clinics
- Integrated into comprehensive treatment program
↓↓
Acquisitive Crime
↑↑
Social Integration
↑↑
Health
Saves
Cost-Benefit
Source: Swiss Federal Office of Public Health
🇵🇹 Portugal
Decriminalization since 2001
All drugs decriminalized. Possession of small amounts is no longer a crime. Instead: referral to "Dissuasion Commissions". Focus on health, not punishment.
Low
Drug Deaths (EU comparison)
↓↓
HIV Infections
↑↑
Treatments
↓
Incarcerations
Source: EUDA, Transform Drug Policy Foundation
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Coffeeshops since 1976
"Gedoogbeleid" – Tolerance policy for cannabis. Licensed coffeeshops may sell up to 5g. Strict rules: No advertising, no minors, no hard drugs. Result: Cannabis use below EU average.
🇨🇦 Canada
Legalization since 2018
First G7 country with full cannabis legalization. Federal legalization with provincial implementation. Strict quality controls. Result: Black market continuously shrinking, tax revenue rising.
What Research Shows
Use Patterns
Adult use rises modestly, youth use remains broadly stable. Retail density, pricing and prevention are decisive.
Health & Safety
ER visits increase with edibles/high potency products. Governance (THC caps, testing) reduces risk.
Illegal Markets
Cannabis seizures at US border dropped up to 80% since 2013. But cartels shifted to fentanyl, heroin, and meth – that's why regulation must cover ALL drugs.
Scientific Sources
Global Responsibility
Europe's Footprint
Every euro for illegal drugs funds violence – somewhere in the world. Europe shares responsibility.
The Money Flow
🇪🇺 €31B/Year
↓
European Drug Market
↓
Cartel Profits
↓
Weapons
Corruption
Deforestation
Violence
Weaken Cartels
Cannabis legalization works: US border seizures dropped up to 80%. But cartels shift to other drugs – only comprehensive regulation removes all their markets.
Reduce Violence
In Mexico, over 30,000 homicides are recorded annually; organized crime contributes substantially.
Protect Environment
Illegal cocaine production drives large-scale deforestation in Colombia; chemicals contaminate rivers and groundwater.
Human Rights
Cartels use forced labor for production and transport. Women and children are exploited in production areas.
Ní oibríonn an chois
Léiríonn an tSualainn i bhfíor-am: fiú na bearta is déine, ní stopann siad coireacht drong chomh fada is atá an margadh neamhdhleathach agus brabúsach. Ní réiteach é an mantra "níos déine, níos tapúla, díbir" – is éard atá ann ná troid in aghaidh comharthaí gan an galar a leigheas.
Affected Regions
🌎
Latin America
Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia – cartel violence, corruption
🌍
West Africa
Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Nigeria – transit routes, destabilization
🌏
Southeast Asia
Myanmar, Laos, Thailand – Golden Triangle, human trafficking
Objection: Can we really solve other countries' problems?
It's not about solving their problems – it's about not causing them. Without European demand, there would be no incentive for this violence. We know this principle from conflict minerals and fair trade.
INEGI homicide statistics · Global Organized Crime Index (Mexico) · UNODC Crop Monitoring · CBP drug seizure statistics
Geopolitical Context
UN Conventions and Europe's Options
The 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and subsequent UN conventions forced countries worldwide into a prohibition regime that ignored local traditions and prioritized Western interests.
Countries that refused risked sanctions and exclusion from trade agreements.
Can Europe Resist US Pressure?
✓ Yes, and it's already happening
- Germany 2024: Cannabis legalization despite international pressure
- Netherlands: Tolerated coffeeshops for 50 years
- Portugal 2001: Decriminalization of all drugs
- Switzerland: Heroin prescription programs since 1994
Why It Works
- Economic power: The EU is the world's largest single market – the US cannot simply impose sanctions
- Precedents: Uruguay and Canada fully legalized without consequences
- US shift: 24 US states have legalized cannabis themselves – moral authority is crumbling (DISA)
The European Path
Europe doesn't need to wait for UN reforms. The path is clear:
1. Lead nationally
Individual EU countries can lead the way and develop models for regulating all drugs – step by step.
2. EU coordination
Successful national models can be harmonized through EU mechanisms.
3. Reform UN conventions
With a united EU front, the outdated conventions can be reformed in the medium term.
Objection: Won't we lose credibility by ignoring UN treaties?
The UN drug conventions are from 1961 – before the moon landing, before the internet, before the HIV crisis. They were never updated, despite overwhelming evidence against prohibition. Credibility comes from following science – not clinging to failed dogmas. The US itself no longer follows them. Why should Europe?
UN Single Convention 1961 · TNI: UN Drug Conventions · Global Commission on Drug Policy
Questions & Answers
Frequently Asked Questions
Safety & Health
Léiríonn fianaise a mhalairt. Dhí-choiriúlaigh an Phortaingéil gach druga i 2001 – níor mhéadaigh úsáid, agus i measc daoine óga fiú laghdaigh sé. Tá ráta úsáide cannabas níos ísle san Ísiltír ná i go leor tíortha le toirmeasc dian, in ainneoin coffeeshops. Braitheann úsáid ar thosca sóisialta, ní ar stádas dlíthiúil.
Is í an staid reatha an chosaint óige is measa: ní iarrann díoltóirí ID. Cosnaíonn margadh rialaithe le fíorú aoise dian, pointí díolacháin rialaithe agus oideachas ionraic an óige níos fearr ná an margadh dubh.
Tá an Eilvéis á dhéanamh ó 1994. Faigheann daoine andúileacha go trom hearóin íon ó thaobh cógaisíochta faoi mhaoirseacht leighis. Toradh: d'imigh coireacht maoine, d'fheabhsaigh sláinte, tá comhtháthú sóisialta indéanta. Téann daoine ag obair, ní goidim siad. Sábhálann an clár airgead stáit agus sábhálann sé beatha. Níl sé as do mheabhair – is é atá as do mheabhair ná an méid a dhéanaimid anois.
Is galar é andúil a bhraitheann ar go leor tosca – géineolaíocht, trámaí, staid shóisialta. Ní rud cinniúnach é stádas dlíthiúil. Ach: i gcóras rialaithe shroicheann muid daoine buailte níos luaithe, is féidir linn cabhair a thairiscint agus cosc a mhaoiniú.
Crime & Security
A mhalairt: bainimid a mbunús gnó. Is é toirmeasc an clár tacaíochta is fearr do chartéil – ráthaíonn sé praghsanna arda agus brabúis mhonaplachta. Scriosann rialú an tsamhail seo. Is féidir leis na póilíní díriú ar choireacht réadach, ní ar ghabháil úsáideoirí.
Cruthú é dlíthiúlú cannabas go n-oibríonn sé: thit urghabhálacha cannabas ar theorainn SAM suas le 80%. Ach bhog cartéil chuig fentanyl, hearóin agus metamfétaimín. Cruthú é seo: ní bhaineann ach rialú GACH druga a margaí go hiomlán. Ní mór é seo a chomhcheangal le polasaí forbartha agus slabhraí soláthair córa.
Society & Morality
Seolaimid comhartha ionraic: tá drugaí riosúil, mar sin rialaímid iad. Tá sé níos inchreidte ná an bhréagántacht reatha, áit a bhfuil alcól agus tobac – na drugaí is contúirtí – dleathach, ach fanann drugaí eile toirmiscthe. Feiceann daoine óga trí fhrithráitis. Oibríonn oideachas ionraic níos fearr ná bolscaireacht toirmisc.
Implementation
Maoiníonn rialú é féin. Faoi láthair téann 31+ billiún euro in aghaidh na bliana chuig cartéil – gan rialú cáilíochta, gan ioncam cánach. Le rialú gach druga: ioncam cánach le haghaidh cosc, teiripe agus oideachas. Léiríonn taithí luath le margaí dleathacha: laghdaítear scaireanna an mhargaidh dhuibh, méadaítear ioncam cánach.
Tá samhlacha oibríochtúla ann: an Phortaingéil ó 2001, clár hearóine na hEilvéise ó 1994, dlíthiúlú cannabas Cheanada ó 2018. Ní gá dúinn an roth a ath-aireagadh – is féidir linn foghlaim ón taithí.
Critical Objections
Tá an stát i ngnó na ndrugaí cheana féin – díolann sé alcól agus tobac, a chúisíonn le chéile breis agus 200,000 bás in aghaidh na bliana san AE. Ní hé an cheist an bhfuil an stát ag rialú drugaí, ach cé na cinn. Faoi láthair fágann sé na substaintí is contúirtí le cartéil nach bhfuil rialú cáilíochta, cosaint óige ná seirbhísí cabhrach acu. Ní «díoltóir a imirt» é rialú – is é freagracht a ghlacadh é, ní féachaint ar shiúl.
Ceart: tá drugaí contúirteach. Ach úsáideann daoine iad ar aon chaoi – rinne 87 milliún Eorpach amhlaidh. Is í an cheist: An bhfuil siad ag dul i ngleic le neart anaithnid agus truaillitheoirí ar an tsráid, nó an bhfaigheann siad substaintí cáilíocht chógaisíochta faoi mhaoirseacht leighis? I 2021, fuair 6,166 duine san AE bás ó ró-dháileog; tagann rioscaí ó oipiaídí, úsáid pola-drugaí, neart athraitheach agus éilliú. Laghdaíonn rialú na rioscaí seo trí chaighdeáin agus comhairle.
Tá leas institiúideach ag ceardchumainn póilíní agus gníomhaireachtaí slándála sa status quo: braitheann buiséid, poist, cumhachtaí ar «cogadh na ndrugaí». Ní cúiseamh é seo – is loighic chórais é. Ach is minic a deir oifigigh póilíní ar an láthair a mhalairt: tá frustrachas orthu go ngabhann siad na mionúsáideoirí céanna arís is arís eile fad is a fhanann an fhíor-choireacht gan réiteach. Fiafraigh de na hoibrithe, ní de na feidhmeannaigh.
Is cosúil go bhfuil loighic leis an argóint, ach déanann an réaltacht é a bhréagnú: d'úsáid 87 milliún Eorpach drugaí neamhdhleathacha – níl an bhacainn ard go leor go soiléir. Agus: faigheann duine i ngéarchéim drugaí inniu – ach truaillithe, gan comhairle, gan tairiscintí cabhrach. I gcóras rialaithe gheobhadh an duine céanna substaint cáilíocht chógaisíochta, le comhairle tosaigh éigeantach, atreorú chuig seirbhísí tacaíochta agus seiceálacha sláinte rialta. Ní geata chuig damnú í an chógaslann – is áit í inar féidir cabhair a thosú. Ní thairgeann díoltóirí é sin.
An Fhírinne Réadúil
Ní útóipe é rialú.
Is aistriú é ó anarchaíocht go córais.
Is é an domhan ina dhiaidh sin:
— níos lú dian go feiceálach
— níos lú marfach go tuairisciúil
— ach níos lú compordach le neamhaird a dhéanamh air freisin
Ní féidir leat ligean ort nach mbaineann aon ní de seo «linn».
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6,166 drug deaths
EU 2021.
Zero quality control.
87M Europeans
have used drugs.
Black market?
1.6M
Drug offenses EU 2023.
Public resources?
€31B
EU drug market per year.
Cartels cash in.
0% adulterants
guaranteed.
Only in pharmacies.
Regulation is
not a utopia.
It's a system.
You see them.
Rotting wounds.
This is prohibition.
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A [AINM] a chara, Táim ag scríobh chugat mar shaoránach buartha ó [CATHAIR/TOGHCHÁN]. Cuireann an beartas drugaí reatha iallach ar úsáideoirí dul chuig margaí mídhleathacha. Ann, ceannaíonn siad ó choirpigh substaintí ar eolas anaithnid faoina gcomhdhéanamh agus a ndáileog – go minic i gcoinníollacha contúirteacha. Gach bliain, faigheann na mílte bás ó éillithe agus ródháileog a d'fhéadfaí a sheachaint le rialú cáilíochta. Idir an dá linn, téann breis agus 30 billiún euro in aghaidh na bliana chuig cartail – airgead a mhaoiníonn foréigean, éilliú agus éagobhsaíocht i dtíortha táirgthe, agus an stát ag diúltú d'ioncam cánach. I gcáipéisí agus tuairiscí ar choireacht drugaí, cloisimid i gcónaí: "Níl aon réiteach ann." Mar sin féin, ní chaitheann aon leath-abairt fiú leis an smaoineamh go bhféadfadh fíor-rialáil – le táirgeadh dlíthiúil, mórdhíol dlíthiúil agus díol dlíthiúil – cumhacht na gcartal a bhaint. Caithfear deireadh a chur leis an bpointe dall seo sa díospóireacht. An réiteach: Margadh go hiomlán rialáilte le díol rialaithe ar gach druga in cógaslanna nó i siopaí speisialtóra ceadúnaithe. Is féidir leis an tsamhail seo: • Beatha a shábháil trí cháilíocht chógaisíochta agus dáileog cheart • An margadh iomlán a bhaint ó chartail – ní hamháin an mhiondíol • Billiúin a ghiniúint i n-ioncam cánach do chosc agus teiripe • Comhairle agus braite luath a chumasú trí ghairmithe oilte Iarraim ort tacú le margadh drugaí go hiomlán rialáilte – le cosaint sláinte in ionad an mhargaidh dhubh. Le meas, [DO AINM] [DO SHEOLADH]
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