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The EU drug markets report is the first comprehensive overview of illicit drug markets in the European Union. It covers issues such as production, consumer markets, trafficking, organised crime and policy responses...

This Thematic paper presents the key findings of the European Union’s research project on Driving Under the Influence of Drugs, Alcohol and Medicines, known as the DRUID project. The project looked at...

The objective of this analysis is to map the existing data collection forms in the European countries and assess their level of comparability and harmonisation with the European guidelines (TDI ver. 3.0).

The report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe presents the EMCDDA's yearly overview of the drug phenomenon. This is an essential reference book for policymakers, specialists and practitioners in...

There have been increased numbers of cocaine-related deaths reported in some European countries since the early 1990s and there are indications that cocaine deaths are more difficult to define, detect and record...

Summary: In this issue: EMCDDA Annual report 2012 highlights; Selected issues 2012; Wastewater analysis; Reitox academy on building national observatories; EMCDDA and academia; new EMCDDA studies available online.

The EMCDDA Trendspotter case study on Fentanyl in Europe was undertaken during September and October 2012. It culminated in an expert meeting in Lisbon on 9–10 October 2012. The aim of the...

Summary: At the end of 2011 and in 2012, the EMCDDA and Europol examined the available information on a new psychoactive substance, 4-methylamphetamine (4-MA). The two organisations concluded that sufficient information had...

Summary: This is an updated report for the EMCDDA on the recent outbreak of HIV infections among drug injectors in Greece (October 2012).

Summary: This is an updated report for the EMCDDA on the recent outbreak of HIV infections among drug injectors in Romania (October 2012).