Technical reports

A main aim of this report is to inform discussions on drug consumption rooms (DCRs) by examining the available evidence, as well as reviewing the various models being adopted and their characteristics...

This report describes the methods and findings of a systematic review of mathematical modelling studies of the population-level impact of opioid agonist treatment (OAT) and needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) on hepatitis...

This report describes the methods and findings of systematic reviews of the literature undertaken to update the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and...

This report describes the context of substance use and the utilisation of healthcare services among applicants for international protection in EU+ countries. This joint EMCDDA-EUAA study aims to identify the key issues...

This report examines the role of Europe in the production and trafficking of captagon tablets. It includes an historical background, current production and trafficking, seizures, the consumer market, production within the EU...

The markets for hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and related semi-synthetic cannabinoids (SSC) are rapidly evolving areas with relatively limited information currently available. The European situation presented in Section 1 can only provide an overview...

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...

This report covers the methodological aspects of the European Questionnaire on Drug Use among People living in prison (EQDP). The questionnaire is the results of several years of work in the field...

This is the final version of the short questionnaire on drug use among prisoners at European level. The questionnaire is the results of several years of work in the field of drugs...

This report provides an analysis of current drug supply models and the related violence and exploitation of vulnerable groups in Denmark. Recent years have seen a growth in criminals’ exploitation of vulnerable...