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The EMCDDA is launching today a new Prevention toolkit, bringing together all of its key prevention-related materials to date. Part of the agency’s toolkit series, this new resource is aimed at anyone...

On International Day of Education, we are pleased to announce the launch of PLATO, the EMCDDA’s new e-learning platform, following a successful six-month pilot phase in 2021. The first e-learning course of...

By Gregor Burkhart, Principal scientific analyst — prevention, EMCDDA When the EMCDDA began its operations in 1995, it was clear that the understanding and narrative on prevention had to change. What was...

Advancing the professionalism of the drug prevention workforce in Europe is at the heart of a new European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) handbook, launched today by the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA). The manual...

Over 50 representatives of the Reitox national focal points (NFPs) and decision-makers from more than 20 countries will gather in Prague this week for a Reitox academy on the theme of prevention...

What do we know about how research evidence is used in the ‘real world’ of prevention? How can we take advantage of technology to promote the use of evidence in policy and...

A call for abstracts is now open for the 9th annual conference of the European Society for Prevention Research (EUSPR).

In a new report published today, Environmental substance use prevention interventions in Europe, the EMCDDA offers a first operational definition of the concept and an initial overview of where and how such...

Today the EMCDDA launches Xchange, a new online registry of evidence-based prevention programmes. In its first phase, the registry will make available manualised interventions that European evaluation studies show to have beneficial...

As of today, the EMCDDA will be hosting an online Healthy Nightlife Toolbox (HNT), which collects and provides information on good-practice interventions targeting drug and alcohol use and related problems among young...