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EMCDDA 2012 Statistical bulletin provides latest data on Europe’s drugs problem

17.07.2012
Over 400 tables and 100 graphs presenting the latest data on the European drug phenomenon are released today in the 2012 Statistical bulletin from the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) (1). Monitoring and...
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EU drugs agency EMCDDA signs accord with Moldovan Ministry of Health

17.07.2012
The European Union and the Republic of Moldova will share information on drugs more systematically in future, thanks to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed today in Chisinau between the EU drugs...
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EU and Russian drugs agency chiefs meet in Moscow to discuss plans for future cooperation

12.07.2012
The EU and Russian drugs agency chiefs meet in Moscow today to further their strategy for cooperation. At the talks, Wolfgang Götz, Director of the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) and Viktor Ivanov...
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Market share of herbal cannabis increasing as domestic production rises, says EU drugs agency

26.06.2012
‘The market share of cannabis herb is increasing across Europe at the expense of cannabis resin’. This is according to the first comprehensive analysis of Cannabis production and markets in Europe, released...
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Speech by Wolfgang Götz, EMCDDA Director

26.06.2012
INTRODUCTION/WELCOME Dear Secretary of State for Health/Secretary of State for Cooperation/Mayor of Lisbon Dear Ambassadors and members of the Lisbon diplomatic community Dear Representatives of the Portuguese authorities Dear Chairman of the...
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EU drugs agency Scientific director awarded for excellence in international leadership

08.06.2012
EMCDDA Scientific director, Paul Griffiths, M.Sc., has been selected as a winner of the 2012 United States National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) International Program Awards of Excellence (1). The annual awards...
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Leading experts to review global developments in new drugs and ‘legal highs’

07.06.2012
The United States National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) bring together leading US, European and international experts this week to take stock of the global ‘new...
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New ESPAD study shows overall stable drug use among school students and a reduction in ‘heavy episodic drinking’, but no decrease in cigarette smoking

31.05.2012
Overall, the use of illicit drugs among 15–16-year-old school students appears to have stabilised, according to the latest European study of this group published today by the European school survey project on...
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‘Cooperation in the drugs field must cross borders’, says EU drugs agency chief

28.05.2012
‘Cooperation in the drugs field must cross borders if we are to build a more accurate picture of the drug situation and responses to it in the EU and its neighbouring countries’...
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EMCDDA and UNODC sign joint work plan

02.05.2012
Cooperation between the EMCDDA and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) took a further step forward today with the adoption of a new joint work programme for the period...
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New drugs detected in the EU at the rate of around one per week, say agencies

26.04.2012
New drugs were detected in the European Union last year at the rate of around one per week, according to the EMCDDA–Europol 2011 annual report on new psychoactive substances released today (1)...
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EMCDDA report presents latest evidence on heroin-assisted treatment for hard-to-treat opioid users

19.04.2012
A small population of chronic heroin users, once thought to be ‘untreatable’, is now benefiting from a novel type of therapy using medicinal heroin as the substitution drug. In a new report...
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First EMCDDA Reitox week

23.03.2012
The EMCDDA will open up the May meeting of the Reitox network of national focal points to its partners from: Candidate and Potential Candidate countries to the EU; Eastern and Southern Partnerships...
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World TB Day 2012 (24.03.2012)

23.03.2012
World TB Day raises awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and efforts to eliminate the disease. One-third of the world's population is currently infected with TB. Due to marginalisation and...
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New EMCDDA multicity project on wastewater analysis

22.03.2012
The EMCDDA has recently launched a multicity ‘demonstration project’ to investigate the potential of wastewater analysis as an indicator for estimating community drug use levels. By the end of 2012, the project...
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UK House of Lords publishes report on EU drugs strategy

16.03.2012
This year sees the end of the EU’s current drugs strategy (2005–12) and its second four-year action plan (2009–12). In a report published today, the UK House of Lords European Union Committee...
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ReDNet–EMCDDA conference, 12–13 March 2012, Budapest

06.03.2012
The ‘Ever-changing world of psychoactive drugs’ is the focus of an international conference to take place in Budapest from 12–13 March. The event is an initiative of the EU-funded Recreational Drugs European...
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Speech by Wolfgang Götz, EMCDDA Director

25.01.2012
‘We are facing a growing challenge to the way we protect our citizens from drug trafficking and the collateral damage that it brings with it’, said EMCDDA Director Wolfgang Götz in Brussels...
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Latest analysis highlights changing trends in illicit production of amphetamine in Europe

15.12.2011
Increased capacity and sophistication in the illicit amphetamine market are among developments reviewed in the EMCDDA–Europol analysis Amphetamine: a European Union perspective in the global context (1). Published today, the report describes...
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Registration opens for European summer school on illicit drugs

15.12.2011
The Lisbon-based Instituto Superior das Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE) and the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) are currently collaborating on a summer school programme entitled: ‘Illicit drugs in Europe: supply...
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