Publications database

e-Health involves the use of digital technologies to improve health in a variety of ways including: providing drug-related information with harm reduction advice (e.g. safer use) with or without personalised feedback from...

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...

This update from the EU Early Warning System overviews the NPS situation in Europe in 2020-2021 and highlights emerging threats to support early warning, preparedness planning and response measures. In addition, it...

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...

Take a journey through some of the key events over the last 25 years of monitoring new psychoactive substances in Europe.

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...

‘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...

This page examines the role of criminal networks in the cocaine drug market including how they cooperate to boost profits, 'facilitators' who provide essential criminal services, 'brokers' who act as central connectors...

This page looks at the retail market for cocaine in Europe including markets for cocaine hydrochloride powders, markets for cocaine freebase product and how cocaine is retailled (face-to-face, social media and apps...

This page provides an overview of the global cocaine trade and Europe, including cocaine trafficking to Europe, the exploitation of global logistics through European and Latin American ports, cocaine trafficking by air...