Publications database

The Council of the European Union invites Member States (5099/1/02 Cordrogue 4 Rev. 1) 'to incorporate health promotion/drug-prevention programmes at all schools (...)' and 'to promote the development of such programmes and...

Drugnet Europe, the EMCDDA's quarterly newsletter, provides regular information on the Agency's activities to a broad readership. The newsletter aims to offer a complete overview of the work of the Agency and...

This is the DRD-Standard, the current protocol for the EMCDDA's drug-related deaths (DRD) indicator, one of five key epidemiological indicators used by the EMCDDA for the collection and interpretaion of harmonised, good...

The Handbook for surveys on drug use among the general population is intended to be a reference toolbox for everyone planning, organising or executing a survey about drug use among the general...

This is the final report for an EMCDDA project carried out with the assistance of the Trimbos Institute, and in collaboration with Eurostat and WHO, to develop and test guidelines for ICD...

Drug injecting is rare. It is stigmatised by the public and, on the whole, by drug users themselves. But, though limited to a small minority, injecting accounts for most of the severe...

Drugnet Europe, the EMCDDA's quarterly newsletter, provides regular information on the Agency's activities to a broad readership. The newsletter aims to offer a complete overview of the work of the Agency and...

This is a draft version of the protocol for the drug-related infectious diseases epidemiological indicator, one of five key indicators used by the EMCDDA to monitor the drug situation in Europe.

Researching and analysing the responses of the criminal-justice systems to drug offenders throughout Europe is one of the EMCDDA’s priorities. This study is the result of a decision taken by the EMCDDA’s...

Since the mid-1990s, GHB – widely used in human and veterinary medicine for 30 years – has been surfacing as a recreational drug. Some EU countries have reported worries over GHB’s surreptitious...