**18. New development of the National Drug Strategy in Europe**

4 EU Member States (Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Finland), Turkey and Norway adopted new drug action plans in the second half of 2007. The documents cover a period of 3–4 years and, with the exception of the Turkish action plan, were preceded by other plans or programs. In 2007, Spain adopted a complementary national action program against cocaine (2007–2010). In 2008, 3 more Member States adopted new policy documents. The first Italian Drugs Action Plan has a time frame of one year, followed by a four-year Action Plan (2009–2012), which will be synchronized with the new EU Drugs Action Plan. Malta's first national drug document does not set a timeframe of almost 50 measures. The new 10-year UK drugs strategy (2008–2011) is complemented by a three-year action plan (2008–2011) setting out key actions [25].
