79. Decides to also increase the appropriations for European Maritime Safety Agency and a number of agencies in Heading 3 due to the additional tasks that have been entrusted to them (Frontex, Europol, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems and the European Asylum Support Office); increases the appropriations for the European Medicines Agency since the Commission in its draft budget had taken the assigned revenues into account, which sho ...[+++]uld not be the case for primarily fee-financed agencies; anticipates the possible entry into force of the 4th Railway Package by putting additional appropriations for European Railway Agency into reserve;

23. Notes that human trafficking is part of a wider organised crime problem which includes the illicit trafficking of drugs, oil, cigarettes, counterfeit medicine and firearms; urges the leaders of the Sahel countries to cooperate in strengthening law enforcement systems with a view to eradicating all forms of illicit trafficking, but in particular trafficking in human beings, which affects some of the youngest and poorest women in the region;

(Return tabled) Question No. 864 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to mental health and suicide in the Canadian Forces (CF), including regular forces, reservists and veterans, as well as among Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) veterans: (a) what does history and research show from the First World War (WWI) and the Second World War (WWII), regarding the percentage of Canadian veterans who suffered some degree of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and how it might have impacted their ability to (i) hold down jobs, (ii) maintain relationships, (iii) overcome substance abuse, (iv) maintain their will to live; (b) how are suicides tracke ...[+++]d for CF regular forces, reservists and veterans, including RCMP veterans, (i) has the tracking method changed over time (from 2000 onwards) for any of these groups, including name changes (e.g., suicide versus sudden death) and, if so, how, why and when, (ii) how are suicides tracked among veterans who may not be known to Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) and who may be under other types of care (e.g., in hospitals) or in homeless shelters, prisons, etc.; (c) what are the identified gaps in tracking for each of the identified groups and, for each gap, what action items (i) are planned (including predicted start and completion dates, and necessary funding), (ii) are being implemented (including predicted completion date and necessary funding), (iii) have been completed to address the problem; (d) how are suicides investigated for each identified group today and, for each group, for the years 1990 to the present (or years available), (i) what percentage of victims were known to either the Department of National Defense (DND) or VAC prior to the suicide, or to the medical, social-aid or prison system, (ii) what percentage had attempted suicide before, (iii) what percentage suffered from an identified Operational Stress Injury (OSI), including PTSD, anxiety, depression or substance abuse, (iv) what percentage suffered from acquired brain ...

Its main aims are to advance research into the effects of drugs on the nervous system and on people’s ability to drive, and to develop research into more effective means of roadside testing for drug use, drawing on the findings of the Rosita II project, which was undertaken jointly by the EU and the USA.

Since the proposed legislation will detect the abuse of both pharmaceutical and illicit drugs, it's application is not restricted to illicit drugs.

2. Continuing to investigate road safety problems caused by the behaviour of drivers under the influence of drugs and certain medicinal products, by studying in particular the best control practices in the Member States and developing methods of detection by screening which will permit more effective control.