‘Belgium is a drug paradise’

Published on 4 February 2013 at 10:57

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According to a “worrying” Europol study published in January by Europol and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Belgium is home to Europe’s purest and cheapest illegal drugs. This is particularly true for heroin, cocaine, cannabis and amphetamines.
Belgium, the paper says, is at the start of the European drug supply chain, which explains why there are so many cheap products available.

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