Productions
|
2 March 2002
|
BBC Scotland Eorpa
|
XTC testing |
|
For years The Netherlands is known to be the turn table in the world wide XTC branch. Apart from a lot of production, also the export of the synthetic pills is organised from the Dutch low lands. A reportage on the actual status. Interviews with the public prosecutor connected to the specialised Unit Synthetic Drug, with a specialist of the Ministry of Health. Opposite the fight against the production of and the export in XTC, the prevention plays a big role. Apart from the possibility to bring an XTC pill to a drug centre for a test to see what is in it, for a while it was also possible to test pills on house parties. Safer for the users and easy to find out what pill is on the market. When a dangerous pill appeared on the market, it was easy to warn the public with flyers with warnings. Now the Dutch government decided to stop the testing on parties, since it seems to legitimise the use of synthetic drugs. It is the question if that is a good idea.
Activities: propose idea for reportage, research & set-up reportage, accompany reportage, translation interviews.