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Second training Neptune: Guidance on the Management of Acute and Chronic Harms of Club Drugs and New Psychoactive Substances

05.05.2021 to 07.05.2021

The EU4Monitoring Drugs (EU4MD) project of the EMCDDA is co-organising the Second training Neptune: Guidance on the Management of Acute and Chronic Harms of Club Drugs and New Psychoactive Substances which takes...

Training Neptune: Guidance on the Management of Acute and Chronic Harms of Club Drugs and New Psychoactive Substances

26.04.2021 to 28.04.2021

The EU4Monitoring Drugs (EU4MD) project of the EMCDDA is co-organising the training Neptune: Guidance on the Management of Acute and Chronic Harms of Club Drugs and New Psychoactive Substances which takes place26-28...

European Drug Report 2019: Trends and Developments

The Trends and Developments report presents a top-level overview of the drug phenomenon in Europe, covering drug supply, use and public health problems as well as drug policy and responses. Together with...

Recent changes in Europe’s cocaine market: results from an EMCDDA trendspotter study

Using trendspotter methodology, this report explores signs of increasing availability and consumption of cocaine in Europe, in an effort to increase our understanding of recent changes in the cocaine market. The study...

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Infographic: examples of drug checking techniques and application

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Drug checking as a harm reduction tool for recreational drug users: opportunities and challenges

A number of European countries have implemented drug checking with the aim of providing targeted preventive messages to recreational drug users. This approach, which is more individualised than mass media campaigns, provides...

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Health responses to new psychoactive substances

While prevalence levels of NPS use remain low in the general European population, there are important concerns with more problematic forms of use and harms. This short report provides an overview of...

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Health responses to new psychoactive substances (Perspectives on Drugs)

The emergence of new psychoactive substances (NPS) over the last decade has posed a major challenge to drug policy. While the limited available data indicates that prevalence levels of NPS use are...

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New psychoactive substances, drug injecting and sex in recreational settings – increased risk of HIV and HCV and opportunities for prevention

This editorial examines drug injecting and sexual activity in recreational settings, the increased risk of HIV and HCV transmission and the opportunities for prevention and treatment.

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European Drug Report 2015: Trends and Developments

Changing dynamics in the heroin market, the latest implications of cannabis use and new features and dimensions of the stimulant and ‘new drugs’ scene are among the issues highlighted in the European...