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Cocaine is the hydrochloride salt produced from the leaves of the coca plant. Powder cocaine is typically snorted and less frequently injected. Crack is the smokable form of cocaine and is manufactured from cocaine hydrochloride. Cocaine is known for its immediate effects and association with problematic patterns of drug use. On this page you can find links to data, scientific publications and resources available from the EMCDDA on the topic of cocaine and crack cocaine.

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Publications

Publications by the EMCDDA on this topic

European Web Survey on Drugs 2021: Lebanon

July 2022

The European Web Survey on Drugs collected data during March and May 2021 from people who use drugs, are aged 18 or older, and live in 21 EU and 9 non-EU countries including Lebanon. In this period, the populations in many European and neighbouring countries were experiencing COVID-19-related…

European Web Survey on Drugs 2021: Ukraine

July 2022

The European Web Survey on Drugs collected data during March and May 2021 from people who use drugs, are aged 18 or older, and live in the 21 EU and 9 non-EU countries including Ukraine. In this period, the populations in many European and neighbouring countries were experiencing COVID-19-related…

European Web Survey on Drugs 2021: Georgia

July 2022

The European Web Survey on Drugs collected data during March to May 2021 from people who use drugs, are aged 18 or older and live in Georgia. In this period, the populations in many European and neighbouring countries were experiencing COVID-19-related lockdown or restrictions. Unless otherwise…

European Drug Report 2022: Trends and Developments

June 2022

The Trends and Developments report presents the EMCDDA’s latest analysis of the drug situation in Europe. Focusing on illicit drug use, related harms and drug supply, the report contains a comprehensive set of national data across these themes and key harm-reduction interventions.

Cocaine market

May 2022

‘EU Drug Market: Cocaine’ describes the European cocaine market from production and trafficking, to distribution and use. It details the processes, materials and players involved at different stages and levels of the market. The module takes a threat assessment approach, identifying key issues and…

EU Drug Markets: Coca and cocaine production

May 2022

This page provides an overview of the coca and cocaine production, including coca cultivation, cocaine chemicals and seizures, the larger European role in cocaine maufacturing, and environmental impact of coca cultivation, cocaine production and trafficking, This resource is part of EU Drug Market…

News

Read our most recent news on this topic

Europe’s changing role in expanding cocaine and methamphetamine markets (May 2022)
Coming soon: latest analyses of Europe’s cocaine and methamphetamine markets (April 2022)
Dados mais recentes de águas residuais revelam hábitos de consumo de droga em 75 cidades europeias num número recorde de 25 países — aumento das deteções na maioria das drogas estudadas (March 2022)
Die jüngsten Abwasserdaten stellen die Konsummuster in 75 europäischen Städten in 25 Ländern dar – ein Anstieg der Zahl der nachgewiesenen Fälle bei den meisten Drogen (March 2022)
Latest wastewater data reveal drug-taking habits in 75 European cities in a record 25 countries — increases in detections of most drugs studied (March 2022)
Los últimos datos sobre aguas residuales revelan los hábitos de consumo de drogas en 75 ciudades europeas, un récord, de 25 países — aumento en la detección de la mayoría de las drogas estudiadas (March 2022)

Events

Recent and upcoming entries from our events calendar

Launch event: European Drug Report 2022 (14 Jun 2022)
Launch event: EU Drug Markets analyses (06 May 2022)
Report: An analysis of drugs in used syringes from sentinel European cities: results from the ESCAPE project, 2018 and 2019 (17 Feb 2021)
EU Drug Markets Report 2019 launch (26 Nov 2019, Brussels, Belgium)
CEPOL training 18/2018 Cocaine Smuggling (27 Nov 2018 to 29 Nov 2018, Larnaca)

Data

Data sets and statistics on this topic

Drugs in wastewater: source data (June 2021)

Statistical Bulletin 2022 — drug use and prison (2022)
Statistical Bulletin 2022 — price, purity and potency (2022)
Statistical Bulletin 2022 — seizures of drugs (2022)
Statistical Bulletin 2022 — treatment demand (2022)
Statistical Bulletin 2022 — prevalence of drug use (2022)
Statistical Bulletin 2021 — drug use and prison (2021)

Data sets and statistics on this topic

Drugs in wastewater: source data (June 2021)

Document library

Documents on this topic in our Document Library

Cocaine treatment demands in 10 western European countries: observed trends between 2011 and 2018 (2020)
COVID-19 and the drug supply chain: from production and trafficking to use (UNODC) (2020)
Authors' reply to comment on "Epidemiology, clinical features and management of patients presenting to European emergency departments with acute cocaine toxicity: comparison between powder cocaine and crack cocaine cases" (2020)
An assessment of the extent of Albanian(-speaking) organised crime groups involved in drug supply in the European Union: Characteristics, role and the level of influence (2019)
Epidemiology, clinical features and management of patients presenting to European emergency departments with acute cocaine toxicity: comparison between powder cocaine and crack cocaine cases (2019)
World Drug Report 2018 (2018)