Summary
The EMCDDA has produced in recent years different estimates of the size of the EU drugs market. To improve and develop these estimates the agency has contracted Addiction Switzerland and the School of Criminal Justice of the University of Lausanne to collect and analyse different materials in order to formulate recommendations for the future. The project has three steps: a literature review, a case study and an expert consultation.
This report presents the main findings, conclusions and recommendations of each of the three steps as well as final recommendations integrating the lessons learned during the project. It starts with the review of the literature, which is followed by the presentation of a case study of a local drugs market estimate made in Switzerland using two different methods. The third part of the report presents the results of a short consultation with a group of experts selected by the EMCDDA on how to improve current drug market estimates.
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Improving the estimation of the size of the European drug market
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