30 recommandations de la société civile pour une stratégie de l’UE sur les drogues efficace, inclusive et ancrée dans la réalité

Le CSFD appelle à une stratégie de l’UE sur les drogues centrée sur la santé, les droits humains et l’équité — en passant des déclarations politiques à l’action concrète, avec la société civile comme partenaire à part entière. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

The Civil Society Forum on Drugs (CSFD) puts forward 30 key recommendations to ensure that the next EU Drugs Strategy is not only a political statement but a truly effective tool for action. These recommendations call for meaningful civil society involvement, a balanced approach across the three pillars of drug policy, and firm commitment to equity, inclusion, and human rights at both European and global levels.

From words to action: accountability and civil society involvement

• Meaningful and continuous civil society involvement in all phases of the Strategy, with full transparency and access to draft texts.
• Ensure people with lived and living experience are central in governance and planning.
• Sustainable civil society funding.
• Recognise the CSFD as the official EU civil society mechanism on drug policy.
• SMART indicators with clearly defined responsibilities.

A balanced strategy for real impact

Prevention, treatment and recovery

• Evidence-based prevention approaches, free from moralising narratives.
• Accessible, voluntary, comprehensive, person-centred treatment and recovery services.
• Engage actors beyond health, and build their capacity in prevention.
• Support for the EUPC and UN Standards: Train local decision-makers and support civil society’s role in implementation.
• Recognise stigma as a barrier to care.

Harm reduction at the core of drug policy

• Scale up Naloxone, DCRs, OST, drug checking, and digital tools.
• Recognise harm reduction as part of public health systems and promote continuum of services.
• Establish EU-wide standards for harm reduction, prevention, and care.
• Redirect funds from punitive approaches to evidence-based health and harm reduction services.

Refocusing the fight: tackling organised crime

• Addressing structural determinants and community resilience: Tackle the root causes of trafficking and strengthen local responses.
• Prevent discriminatory policing and uphold fundamental rights.
• Distinction between use and organised crime: Separate low-level offences from trafficking in law and policy.
• Exploration of alternative approaches: Encourage Member States to test decriminalisation of drugs use.
• Proportional sanctions and reparative justice: Replace punishment with restorative, community-based alternatives.

Equity, inclusion and coherence

• Promote gender- and age-sensitive policies: Design responses that reflect the different needs of people across gender and life stages.
• Apply a gender lens throughout the Strategy’s design and delivery.
• Embed trauma-informed care and address gender-based violence.
• Address overlapping forms of discrimination to ensure fairness.
• Adopt a child-centred approach in both policy and service provision.
• Ensure access to universal health and social care for migrants, regardless of status.
• Uphold international human rights frameworks.

Upholding EU values in global drugs policy

• Enshrine the EU’s unified voice on drug policy grounded in rights and evidence.
• Promote international conventions and UN system positions at global level.
• Champion human rights and civil society involvement in international forums.
• Align EU drug policy with the SDGs, Global AIDS Strategy, and human rights instruments.