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New EMCDDA report explores combined mental health and substance use disorders

The co-existence of mental illness and psychoactive drug or other substance use problems — otherwise known as ‘comorbidity’ or ‘dual diagnosis’ — is an issue which has been on the radar of...

The Global Cannabis Cultivation Research Consortium (GCCRC): a transnational online survey of cannabis growers

This paper presents some of the key findings of an innovative online survey of cannabis growers in Europe, Australia and North America. The International Cannabis Cultivation Questionnaire (ICCQ) present generated important findings...

European Web Survey on Drugs 2021: Emerging findings in Lebanon

The European Web Survey on Drugs collected data during March and May 2021 from people who use drugs, are aged 18 or older, and live in 21 EU and 9 non-EU countries...

European Web Survey on Drugs 2021: Emerging findings in Georgia

The European Web Survey on Drugs collected data during March to May 2021 from people who use drugs, are aged 18 or older and live in Georgia. In this period, the populations...

European Web Survey on Drugs 2021: Emerging findings in Ukraine

The European Web Survey on Drugs collected data during March and May 2021 from people who use drugs, are aged 18 or older, and live in the 21 EU and 9 non-EU...

ALAMA-nightlife survey:designing a survey to explore drug use trajectories in the European nightlife scene

Given the lack of contemporary longitudinal data that acknowledges recent market developments, there is an urgent need to develop and validate methods to investigate the relationship between drug use and engagement with...

Comparing two approaches for estimating cannabis consumption: raking and regression

This chapter explores two methods of bringing together the complementary strengths of general population surveys (GPS) and web surveys to develop improved estimates of overall quantities of drugs consumed — namely, raking...

Sources of cannabis acquisition by country and frequency of use in the European web survey on drugs

This paper analyses the data collected in the European Web Survey on Drugs (EWSD) on the sources of supply for herbal cannabis and cannabis resin and their relationship to frequency of use...

Complexity and differentiation of the MDMA retail market: insights from the European Web Survey on Drugs

This paper focuses on exploring the characteristics of MDMA users in the European Web Survey on Drugs (EWSD), studying intensity of use and patterns of buying behaviours, with specific attention given to...

Using the Global Drug Survey for harm reduction

The data from the Global Drug Survey (GDS) contains invaluable information that can answer key and novel questions related to the epidemiology of psychoactive substance use as well as inform the development...

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