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EMCDDA-Europol cooperation: Joint publications on illicit drugs

EMCDDA-Europol cooperation: Joint publications on illicit drugs

This brochure presents the EMCDDA–Europol publication series on illicit drugs. Bringing together EMCDDA information and statistics on prevalence, health and drug research, with Europol data and knowledge on production, trafficking, markets and...

'ESPAD, a crucial window onto adolescent substance use', says EU drugs agency

Use of illicit drugs among 15–16-year-old school students, appears to have stabilised or slightly fallen, according to the latest European study of this group published today by ESPAD. The report, which follows...

EMCDDA and Europol step up cooperation on drugs and crime

The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) and the European Police Office (Europol), stepped up their cooperation on drugs and crime today by approving a series of collaborative activities for the period 2009–12. The...

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Drug use and pregnancy – challenges for public health

Problem drug use (defined by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) as “injecting drug use or long duration/regular use of opioids, cocaine and/or amphetamines” [1]) and pregnancy affect...

Women’s voices — experiences and perceptions of women facing drug problems

A collection of narratives from women facing drug-related problems in Europe is released by the EMCDDA today ahead of International Women’s Day (8 March). It is estimated that around one in four...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: National strategy 2009-2013

Summary of the 2007 ESPAD report

This is a summary of the 2007 European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) which aims to collect comparable data on substance use among 15–16 year-old European students in...

New EMCDDA thematic paper on indicated prevention

The EMCDDA releases today its latest online thematic paper entitled: Preventing later substance use disorders in at-risk children and adolescents: a review of the theory and evidence base of indicated prevention. The...

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Legal Responses to New Psychoactive Substances in Europe

This paper starts from the premise that, when a new psychoactive substance appears on the licit/illicit market in a country in Europe, legislators need to choose whether to bring it under control...

Drugnet Europe 65

Drugnet Europe, the EMCDDA's quarterly newsletter, provides regular information on the Agency's activities to a broad readership. In this issue: Concerns expressed over Spice; latest findings on measuring illicit drugs in wastewater...