<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article deals with the problem of fighting the drug trafficking and drug abuse within the European Union. It describe the background of the issue and deals with the impact of the abolition of border controls within the Union on the increase and character of the drug turnover. She moreover points on the other negative side-effect, i.e. the increase of criminality caused by the abuse of drugs. Th en she analysis the contemporary legal regulation of the drug trafficking and drug abuse in Poland and within the European Union and compare both regulations. She critically calls for the establishment of the comprehensive common strategy to avoid the negative outcomes of the “free drugs turnover” within the territory of the Union.</p></abstract>

The article deals with the problem of fighting the drug trafficking and drug abuse within the European Union. It describe the background of the issue and deals with the impact of the abolition of border controls within the Union on the increase and character of the drug turnover. She moreover points on the other negative side-effect, i.e. the increase of criminality caused by the abuse of drugs. Th en she analysis the contemporary legal regulation of the drug trafficking and drug abuse in Poland and within the European Union and compare both regulations. She critically calls for the establishment of the comprehensive common strategy to avoid the negative outcomes of the “free drugs turnover” within the territory of the Union.

The European Union Policy of Combating the Drug Turnover

International and Comparative Law Review

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The article deals with the problem of fighting the drug trafficking and drug abuse within the European Union. It describe the background of the issue and deals...

The European Union Policy of Combating the Drug Turnover

Published Online: Jan 24, 2018

Page range: 107 - 124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/iclr-2016-0099

Keywords
drug traffi cking, turnover, EU, Poland, European policy, common strategy

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The European Union Policy of Combating the Drug Turnover

Published Online: Jan 24, 2018

Page range: 107 - 124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/iclr-2016-0099

Keywordsdrug traffi cking, turnover, EU, Poland, European policy, common strategy

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
drug traffi cking, turnover, EU, Poland, European policy, common strategy