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This short report provides an update on new psychoactive substances (NPS) in Europe for 2014. It highlights recent developments, including the growth of the market over the past few years, as illustrated...

One of the three core principles of the EMCDDA 2013–15 strategy is a commitment to efficiency. This is to be achieved, among others, via an improved quality assurance framework for the statistical...

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the EMCDDA released a joint risk assessment on wound botulism among people who inject heroin in Norway and the United Kingdom in...

The EMCDDA’s 2015 annual work programme sets out the objectives for the final year of the agency’s 2013–15 strategy. Among the core principles are: delivering a relevant, timely and responsive analysis of...

In this issue: New EMCDDA trendspotter study explores online supply of drugs | EMCDDA scientific paper award 2015 | New review studies the effectiveness of overdose antidote, naloxone | Finland updates controls...

This report was prepared based on materials from the Reitox Academy ‘Drug law offences in the Western Balkan region: from definition to monitoring’ which took place on 2 and 3 April 2014...

This paper examines the overall number of lives lost due to drug use. All-cause mortality among problem drug users is investigated by means of cohort studies, which link data from death registries...

This report has been produced by a national working group within the European Union financed EMCDDA-IPA project, 'Preparation of IPA Beneficiaries for their participation with the EMCDDA'. It describes the overall picture...

This report was prepared based on materials of the Reitox Academy ‘Prevention of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs in some Western Balkan countries which took place on 29-30 October 2013...

The speed with which the Internet is transforming drug markets poses a major challenge to law enforcement, public health, research and monitoring agencies. This study aims to raise understanding of the current...