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The EMCDDA has published today its latest update on Drug-related infectious diseases in Europe for the period to February 2019. The publication provides an overview of the most recent infectious disease surveillance...

This content was published in the Best pratice portal update briefing on 27.06.2019 Psychosocial interventions to reduce cocaine and amphetamine use Prolonged use of stimulants such as amphetamines and cocaine may result...

Cannabis products have become increasingly diverse in Europe and close monitoring of their potency and potential health effects is essential. These are among the conclusions of a new report published today by...

An external evaluation of the EMCDDA, new products and services, and support to policy and practice in the fields of health and security are among the features presented in the latest General...

Europe is seeing signs of an increase in cocaine availability, with seizures of the drug at record levels. This is according to the European Drug Report 2019: Trends and Developments , released...

A new EMCDDA Rapid Communication, published on 29 May, presents the results of an innovative project to gather information on the substances used by people who inject drugs , by chemically analysing...

Professionals, academics and experts from European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) countries will gain the chance to participate in the 2019 International Conference on Drug Prevention, Treatment and Care — Inspiration and Direction...

What are the latest drug trafficking trends and what lies behind them? What substances are causing the most harm today? What’s new in the areas of drug prevention, treatment and policy? These...

Professionals, academics or experts from European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) countries will gain the chance to participate in the European drugs summer school (EDSS) this year, thanks to four bursaries being offered through...

This news item was published in the EMCDDA’s Cannabis drug policy news on 25.03.2019 On 24 January 2019, the Director General of the World Health Organization sent a letter to the Secretary...

This content was published in the Best pratice portal update briefing on 18.03.2019 Treatment for amphetamine-type stimulants use disorders The use of amphetamines, methamphetamines and other amphetamine-type stimulants (like MDMA) is widespread...

The latest findings from the largest European project in the emerging science of wastewater analysis are presented today by the Europe-wide SCORE group, in association with the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA). The...

The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) and Albania will cooperate more actively on monitoring the drug phenomenon in future, thanks to a Working Arrangement being concluded today in Vienna ( 1 ). The...

Ambassador Adam Namm, Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) visited the EMCDDA today to discuss with the agency’s Director Alexis Goosdeel...

Around 37 million women in Europe have used an illicit drug at least once in their lifetime. Some 100 000 enter drug treatment every year and nearly 2 000 die from drug...

Today, EMCDDA Director Alexis Goosdeel welcomes to the agency Dr Andrea Ammon, Executive Director of the Stockholm-based European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ( ECDC ). The EMCDDA and ECDC have...

The EMCDDA has added 16 new programmes to Xchange , its online registry of evidence-based prevention programmes. Launched in October 2017, and now ending its pilot phase, the registry showcases interventions that...

This year, the EMCDDA has launched a three-year project — EU4Monitoring Drugs (EU4MD) — which will intensify its cooperation with the countries of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)( 1 )( 2 )...

Two new working arrangements will be signed in Brussels today between the EMCDDA and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The EMCDDA will now be cooperating...

The EMCDDA has been awarded a Gold Medal of the Order of Merit of the Spanish national plan on drugs ( Delegación del Gobierno para el Plan Nacional sobre Drogas/ DGPNSD) in...