2 Amendments of Nikos CHRYSOGELOS related to 2013/0305(COD)
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Taking into consideration international developments regarding drug policy reform and control of illicit substances, an objective impact assessment based upon scientific evidence is required to evaluate the effectiveness of different control and regulatory options, including current restricting policies, in order to safeguard public health, consumer safety and human rights of individual users.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13 a (new)
Article 13a Information to individual consumers (a) The Commission shall make readily available to the public, especially youth, science-based information on health, social and safety risks of the new psychoactive substances as referred to in articles 11, 12.1 and 13.1. (b) With regard to new psychoactive substances of low risk as referred to in article 11, the Commission shall also make widely available to the public, especially youth, information on usage effects and safe usage, as well as, harm reduction guidelines. (c) With regard to new psychoactive substances of moderate or severe risks as referred to in articles 12.1 and 13.1, the Commission shall also make widely available to the public, especially youth, information on identification and early warning, prevention, treatment and harm reduction measures. (d) The Commission shall collaborate with National Focal Points within the European Information network on Drugs and Drug Addiction ("Reitox") and other harm reduction and addiction treatment associations for providing accurate and timely information to individual users.