prevalence and patterns of drug use

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Migrants, asylum seekers and refugees: an overview of the literature relating to drug use and access to services

Unusually high numbers of migrants have moved to Europe in recent years, with about1.2 million people applying for asylum in the European Union in each of the years 2015 and 2016. Fears...
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The European drug landscape in 2013 - highlights from the EMCDDA's European drug report

11.09.2013
May 2013 saw the publication of the first European Drug Report (EDR), the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction’s (EMCDDA) comprehensive and multi-dimensional package providing information on European drug trends...
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Prescription opioid abuse in the UK

04.11.2013
Given that drug abuse is a worldwide phenomenon, it would be valuable to determine whether the trend of increasing prescription opioid misuse and abuse seen in the USA is developing in the...
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The choice of screening instrument matters: the case of problematic cannabis use screening in Spanish population of adolescents

27.11.2013
The aim of this study was to examine the feasibility of problem cannabis use screening instruments administration within wide school surveys.
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Motion graphic: Wastewater-based drug epidemiology explained

07.12.2016
Drug use is a complex, hidden and often highly stigmatised behaviour. This is also why measuring it is such a difficult task. Wastewater analysis is a rapidly developing scientific discipline that has...
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Video: Substance use among 15- to 16-year-old students (ESPAD 2015)

14.09.2016
Smoking and drinking among 15–16-year-old school students are showing signs of decline, but there are concerns over challenges posed by new drugs and new addictive behaviours. And while overall illicit drug use...
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Trajectories of injecting behavior in the Amsterdam Cohort Study among drug users

01.11.2014
Longitudinal injecting patterns were similar in the cohort to earlier US reports. Duration of injecting/year of cohort entry were associated with these patterns. Changes in injecting of drugs over time were mirrored...
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Increasing complexity in European drug use: Highlights from the EMCDDA’s 2014 European drug report

26.09.2014
May 2014 saw the launch of the European drug report (EDR), the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction’s (EMCDDAs) annual review of the European drug market, incorporating trend analysis, topic...
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Testing wastewater to detect illicit drugs: state of the art, potential and research needs

15.07.2014
Chemical analysis of urban wastewater is a potent tool to monitor patterns and trends of illicit drug use.
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Spatial differences and temporal changes in illicit drug use in Europe quantified by wastewater analysis

04.08.2014
Wastewater analysis can measure total illicit drug use more quickly and regularly than is the current norm for national surveys, and creates estimates where such data does not exist.
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