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The disruptive potential of the internet to transform illicit drug markets and impact on future patterns of drug consumption

Whilst the online drug markets currently only account for a small share of all drug transactions the potential of the surface and deep web to provide a new platform for drug sale...

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Finland's Government Resolution on Drug Policy 2016-2019

This document presents Finland's Government Resolution on Drug Policy 2016-2019.

54th meeting of EMCDDA Management Board

15.12.2016 to 16.12.2016

The Management Board is the main decision-making body of the EMCDDA. It meets at least once a year and consists of one representative from each Member State of the European Union, two...

Lisbon, Portugal

EMCDDA statutory body meeting

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Agenda and minutes of the 54th EMCDDA Management Board meeting (15-16 December 2016)

Agenda and minutes of the 54th EMCDDA Management Board meeting that took palce on the 15-16 DEcember 2016.

Canada Task Force publishes recommendations for legalisation

In Canada, on 13 December 2016 the government-appointed Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation published its final report, which had been delivered to the ministers of justice, health and public safety...

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HCV prevalence and risk behaviours among injectors of new psychoactive substances in a risk environment in Hungary-An expanding public health burden

In Hungary a large increase in injecting new psychoactive substances (NPS) coincided with decreasing harm reduction efforts and rising HCV infection. NPS injectors in Hungary are at severe risk of blood-borne infections...

Latest data reveal drug-taking habits in over 50 European cities

The latest findings from the largest European project in the emerging science of wastewater analysis are presented today by the Europe-wide SCORE group, in association with the EMCDDA. The project analysed wastewater...

Reitox academy for IPA beneficiaries on ‘How to carry out a facility survey with the European facility survey questionnaire (EFSQ)’

13.12.2016 to 14.12.2016

The objectives of this two-day workshop were to provide national experts with the necessary methodological and technical knowledge to carry out a treatment facility survey with a nationally-adapted version of the European...

Lisbon, Portugal

EMCDDA meeting focuses on quality standards in drug demand reduction

Quality standards in drug demand reduction will be the focus of discussions today at an EMCDDA meeting gathering experts from seven countries. The purpose of the meeting is to present how the...

Council adopts its position on the reform of the new psychoactive substances legislation

On 8 December, the Council adopted its position on a package reforming the legislation on new psychoactive substances (NPS).