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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...

The sentences that offenders receive for drug law violations across the European Union are examined for the first time in this ‘Selected issue’. By analysing the most recent year’s statistics, this report...

Drugnet Europe, the EMCDDA's quarterly newsletter, provides regular information on the Agency's activities to a broad readership. In this issue: EMCDDA releases Annual report 2009; Selected issues 2009: Drug offences: sentencing and...

Illicit drug use and trafficking are worldwide phenomena that threaten health and social stability. Statistics show that around one in three young Europeans has tried an illicit drug and at least one...

This 'Selected issue' looks at the concomitant or consecutive use of different licit and illicit drugs (polydrug use) among adolescents, young adults and problem drug users. Data from school and general population...

Smokable herbal mixtures under the brand name ‘Spice’ are known to have been sold on the Internet and in various specialised shops since at least 2006 and anecdotal reports suggest that those...

This bookmark promotes the EMCDDA’s main output, the Annual report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe. Published every autumn, the report offers a wealth of drug facts, figures and...

Many of the accidents and deaths that occur on European roads are caused by drivers whose performance is impaired by a psychoactive substance. Alcohol alone is estimated to account for up to...

In accordance with Article 76 of the Financial Regulation applicable to the EMCDDA (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction), the accounts of the EMCDDA shall comprise: 'The financial statements of...

Drugnet Europe, the EMCDDA's quarterly newsletter, provides regular information on the Agency's activities to a broad readership. In this issue: Brain research throws light on addiction; European action on drugs; Associations between...