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Wastewater analysis and drugs — a European multi-city study

The analysis of municipal wastewaters for drugs and their metabolic products to estimate community consumption is a developing field, involving scientists working in different research areas, including analytical chemistry, physiology, biochemistry, sewage...

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The future of drug monitoring in Europe until 2030: A report summarising the findings and lessons learnt from the EMCDDA’s ‘futures study’

Patterns of drug use and developments in the drug market in Europe are becoming more complex and dynamic, with major implications for drug monitoring and research. This observation prompted the European Monitoring...

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European Web Survey on Drugs: an overview of the project

This paper presents an overview of the European Web Survey on Drugs (EWSD), a project which began in 2016 with the aim of developing a system for collecting novel data from people...

Combining web surveys and general population surveys to improve data on people who use drugs in France: reflections on recruitment strategies and the generalisability of results

This paper looks at the implementation and recruitment strategies of the 2016 European Web Survey on Drugs (EWSD) in France. It also explores the possibility of generalising the EWSD results by using...

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Results and challenges of running the Web Survey on Drugs in Luxembourg: a major contribution to understanding the drug situation

This paper shows how the second wave of the European Web Survey on Drugs (EWSD) led to a better understanding of the drug situation in Luxembourg. Until the EWSD, detailed information on...

The Global Cannabis Cultivation Research Consortium (GCCRC): a transnational online survey of cannabis growers

This paper presents some of the key findings of an innovative online survey of cannabis growers in Europe, Australia and North America. The International Cannabis Cultivation Questionnaire (ICCQ) present generated important findings...

ALAMA-nightlife survey:designing a survey to explore drug use trajectories in the European nightlife scene

Given the lack of contemporary longitudinal data that acknowledges recent market developments, there is an urgent need to develop and validate methods to investigate the relationship between drug use and engagement with...

Comparing two approaches for estimating cannabis consumption: raking and regression

This chapter explores two methods of bringing together the complementary strengths of general population surveys (GPS) and web surveys to develop improved estimates of overall quantities of drugs consumed — namely, raking...

Complexity and differentiation of the MDMA retail market: insights from the European Web Survey on Drugs

This paper focuses on exploring the characteristics of MDMA users in the European Web Survey on Drugs (EWSD), studying intensity of use and patterns of buying behaviours, with specific attention given to...

Monitoring drug use in the digital age: studies in web surveys (Insights 26)

This collection of papers (Insights 26) aims to demonstrate the significant role that web surveys can play in drug data collection. Contributions from a diverse range of experts, who have conducted web...