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This report is based on work commissioned by the EMCDDA in 2009. It examines differences in methods and results between general population surveys conducted in a single context (focusing exclusively on substance...

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 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...

This is the final report of the EMCDDA project the 'European databank on population surveys on drugs,' which consisted of a voluntary compilation of original databases of existing surveys and their results...

This report describes the implementation of the NPSD-EU (European Union databank on national population surveys on drug use) in 2002, a database for collecting and harmonising existing national surveys on drugs. The...

The Handbook for surveys on drug use among the general population is intended to be a reference toolbox for everyone planning, organising or executing a survey about drug use among the general...

This report describes the affect of using different survey modes on the measurement of substance use prevalence figures. Three different modes were included in the design of this study: a telephone, a...