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This environmental policy statement provides a unifying vision that will guide the actions of the EMCDDA's employees, management, shareholders, customers and suppliers. It clearly outlines, where the EMCDDA stands on environmental matters...

The series 'A year in review' contains the essence of the EMCDDA's General Report of Activities. It is designed to provide interested audiences with a brief, four-page summary of the agency’s achievements...

This literature review provides a comprehensive report on the relationship between drug use, impaired driving and traffic accidents. It describes methodological issues, presents the results of prevalence surveys among drivers, provides an...

In this issue: European Drug Report 2014 highlights | Largest multi-city study on drug wastewater analysis released | New criminal code increases penalties for drug offences in Hungary | European drugs summer...

The General Report of Activities is an annual publication providing a detailed progress report of the EMCDDA’s activities over a 12-month period. It catalogues the Centre’s achievements in each area of its...

The European Union has set up a number of decentralised agencies to carry out specific legal, technical or scientific tasks. In the area of justice and home affairs (JHA) there are currently...

Methamphetamine is an established stimulant drug in many parts of the world (e.g. South-east Asia, US), where it has long caused major public health problems. While methamphetamine use in Europe has historically...

The Internet is now recognised as a plausible vehicle for delivering drug and alcohol education, prevention and treatment programmes in a range of settings. This 'Perspective on drugs' charts developments in Internet-based...

Europe has long been one of the world’s largest consumer markets for cannabis, particularly resin imported mainly from Morocco. In this analysis, we report how Europe’s consumer market for cannabis is increasingly...

This paper describes the development and main characteristics of drug policy in Austria. It traces the development of Austrian drug laws from the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire through to the present...