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In many European countries, one or more general population surveys have been carried out to get an impression of the characteristics of illicit drug use at national level. Despite valuable efforts to...

This brochure presents the EMCDDA–Europol publication series on illicit drugs. Bringing together EMCDDA information and statistics on prevalence, health and drug research, with Europol data and knowledge on production, trafficking, markets and...

This is a summary of the 2007 European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) which aims to collect comparable data on substance use among 15–16 year-old European students in...

This paper starts from the premise that, when a new psychoactive substance appears on the licit/illicit market in a country in Europe, legislators need to choose whether to bring it under control...

Drugnet Europe, the EMCDDA's quarterly newsletter, provides regular information on the Agency's activities to a broad readership. In this issue: Concerns expressed over Spice; latest findings on measuring illicit drugs in wastewater...

This review on indicated prevention adds to the current knowledge and understanding of risk factors in the development of later drug problems and dependence, focusing on the mental health and behavioural problems...

This publication presents the findings of the formal risk assessment on BZP, produced in 2007 by the Scientific Committee of the EMCDDA, with participation of additional experts from the European Commission, Europol...

The EMCDDA 2009 work programme is the third annual work plan to implement the objectives identified in the broader 2007–2009 strategy and work programme, and provides the operational details of the activities...

This document gives an overview of the drug-related infectious diseases (DRID) indicator, one of five key epidemiological indicators used by the EMCDDA for the collection and interpretaion of harmonised, good quality data...

This document gives an overview of the general populations survey (GPS) indicator, one of five key epidemiological indicators used by the EMCDDA for the collection and interpretaion of harmonised, good quality data...