DRUG PRECURSORS
December 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved new drug precursor controls that take account of the EU's becoming a centre for the manufacture of illicit synthetic drugs such as Ecstasy. These reforms amend existing rules that mainly prevented the export of chemicals used to make cocaine and heroin to manufacturing centres for these drugs in Asia and Latin America. But with Europe's booming manufacture of synthetic drugs requiring imported chemicals that are also used for legitimate purposes, ministers have struck political agreement to ...
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