European Commission 24 July 2020, COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE EVALUATION of the EU Drugs Strategy 2013-2020 and the EU Action Plan on Drugs 2017-2020

The EU Drugs Strategy 2013-2020 1 and its second EU Action Plan on Drugs 2017-2020 2 set out the political framework and priorities for EU drugs policy. The Strategy provided a balanced, integrated, evidence-based framework for tackling drugs in and outside the EU, and consisted of two main policy areas – drug demand and supply – and three cross‑cutting themes: coordination, international