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A new awareness campaign from the federal government is targeting healthcare professionals, seeking to curb prescriptions of antidepressants.
Belgium’s deputy prime minister Pierre-Yves Dermagne (MR) is calling on the country to consider legalising cannabis.
Brussels mayor Philippe Close hopes to see a crisis centre for drug addicts open by the end of the year, reports RTBF.
Brussels is aiming to open a second safe space where drug users can safely administer drugs to help combat problems on the street, Brussels health minister Alain Maron has announced.
Authorities at Brussels Airport seized three Easter rabbits and discovered that they were made not of chocolate but from a solid block of the drug MDMA.
An estimated 20 homes were damaged in an explosion in Antwerp over the weekend that police say is related to the drug trade.
Despite the damage, only one minor injury was reported.
Philippe Close is a man on a mission. He wants to elevate the focus on fighting drug trafficking to a national debate about addiction as a public health issue.
Belgium is looking to tackle the issue of drug trafficking in the country – particularly in the city and port of Antwerp – with a new commissioner, more police, and more drug screenings.
Discarded canisters of laughing gas – which people are increasingly using to get high – are causing damage to rubbish incinerators in Brussels.
