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The Netherlands Drug Situation 2010 - Trimbos-instituut

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PREFACE<strong>The</strong> Report on the <strong>Drug</strong> <strong>Situation</strong> in the <strong>Netherlands</strong> <strong>2010</strong> has been written for the EuropeanMonitoring Centre for <strong>Drug</strong>s and <strong>Drug</strong> Addiction (EMCDDA). Each year, nationalcentres of expertise on drug-related issues in the member states of the European Union(‘Focal Points’) draw up a report on their respective national drugs situation, according toguidelines provided by the EMCDDA. <strong>The</strong>se reports form the basis of the “Annual Reporton the State of the <strong>Drug</strong> Problem in the European Union” compiled by the EMCDDA. Inkeeping with the guidelines, the report focuses on new developments in the reportingyear. In order to avoid too much overlap, the reader is repeatedly referred to previousNational Reports.This <strong>2010</strong> national report was written by the staff of the Bureau of the <strong>Netherlands</strong> National<strong>Drug</strong> Monitor (NDM) at the <strong>Trimbos</strong> Institute and staff of the Scientific Researchand Documentation Centre (WODC) of the Ministry of Justice. <strong>The</strong> NDM was establishedin 1999 on the initiative of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. <strong>The</strong> Ministry of Securityand Justice also participates in the NDM. <strong>The</strong> NDM carries out the functions of the<strong>Netherlands</strong> Focal Point.<strong>The</strong> NDM relies on the contribution of a multitude of experts and input from registrationsystems and monitors in the <strong>Netherlands</strong>. In particular, the authors would like to thankthe members of the Scientific Committee of the NDM and other expert reviewers for theirvaluable comments on the draft version of the report.5

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