The British Home Secretary is calling for a Europe-wide policy to tackle the manufacture of drugs such as ecstasy.
David Blunkett wants a more sharing of information, about seizures at illegal laboratories, and chemists involved in making synthetic drugs.
There are also plans to set up partnerships between the police and nightclub owners to tackle the problem.
The proposals will form part of the EU action plan on drugs which will also tackle hard drugs such as crack and heroin.
Mr Blunkett will also call for the EU to tackle the Afghan opium problem as more than 90% of Europe's heroin originates from Afghanistan.
The EU says it is tackling the issues of drugs demand, supply and trafficking, by acting with other countries including the Caribbean, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Mediterranean area and the US.
Figures released in the last month show Ecstasy-related deaths in England and Wales to have doubled in the past year. There were at least 40 deaths related to the drug last year - twice the total reported in 2000.
Cheaper ecstasy prices, stronger forms of the drug and younger users have all contributed to this rise, according to a study by the Centre for Addiction Studies in London.
The EU has already set up the European Drugs and Drug Addiction Monitoring Centre, responsible for supplying objective, reliable and comparable data.
It is hoped this will provide the community and the member states with an accurate view of drugs and drug addiction.
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