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Europol–EMCDDA Joint Report on a new psychoactive substance: 4-methylmethcathinone (mephedrone)

In January 2010, increased evidence of the availability and use of mephedrone (4- methylmethcathinone) prompted the EMCDDA and Europol to launch a procedure for the production of a Joint Report. Pursuant to...

Manuals and guidelines

Risk assessment of new psychoactive substances — operating guidelines

The principal aim of these guidelines is to put in place a sound methodological and procedural basis for carrying out each risk assessment, by using a semi-quantitative assessment procedure. This publication is...

Thematic papers

Understanding the 'Spice' phenomenon

Smokable herbal mixtures under the brand name ‘Spice’ are known to have been sold on the Internet and in various specialised shops since at least 2006 and anecdotal reports suggest that those...

Implementation reports

EMCDDA–Europol 2008 Annual Report on the implementation of Council Decision 2005/387/JHA

This report presents the results and outlines the key achievements and challenges faced by mechanism set up by the Council Decision in 2008. In 2008, 13 new psychoactive substances were officially notified...

Risk assessments

Report on the risk assessment of BZP in the framework of the Council decision on new psychoactive substances

This publication presents the findings of the formal risk assessment on BZP, produced in 2007 by the Scientific Committee of the EMCDDA, with participation of additional experts from the European Commission, Europol...

Implementation reports

EMCDDA–Europol 2007 Annual Report on the implementation of Council Decision 2005/387/JHA

This report presents the results and outlines the key achievements and challenges faced by mechanism set up by the Council Decision in 2007. In 2007, 15 new psychoactive substances were officially notified...

Manuals and guidelines

Early-warning system on new psychoactive substances — operating guidelines

These practical guidelines have been published to assist the implementation of the Council decision on information exchange, risk-assessment and control of new psychoactive substances. They deal with phase 1 of the measures...

Implementation reports

EMCDDA–Europol 2006 Annual Report on the implementation of Council Decision 2005/387/JHA

This report presents the results and outlines the key achievements and challenges faced by mechanism set up by the Council Decision in 2007. In 2006, 7 new psychoactive substances were officially notified...

Europol–EMCDDA Joint Report on a new psychoactive substance: 1-benzylpiperazine (BZP)

In December 2006, after examining the available information collected on BZP (1-benzylpiperazine), the EMCDDA and Europol decided to launch a procedure for the production of a Joint Report. Pursuant to the findings...

Implementation reports

EMCDDA–Europol 2005 Annual Report on the implementation of Council Decision 2005/387/JHA

The report outlines the results of the implementation of the Council Decision in 2005 and describes some issues arising from the initial experiences. In 2005, 14 new psychoactive substances were officially notified...