All parties enlist to fight war on drugs, new legislation proposed last week

Even carrying small amounts of narcotics for personal use will be a crime after the proposed anti-drug bill is passed in Sejm. All parties have already expressed support for the draft presented by Solidarity Election Action (AWS) and Christian National Union (ZChN) on Friday. Under the new bill, all the penalties for crimes listed in the already existing bill would be stiffened. Also owners of pubs, discos and other similar institutions will be obliged to report all drug deals they spot. In a hot debate in Sejm, AWS leader Marian Krzaklewski, said under the old bill drug trafficking is almost allowed, making all attempts to fight drugs virtually impossible. "We may now speak about a narcotics war, where even children fall prey to the death traders," he said. (Rzeczpospolita Sept. 9-10, page A2)