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Anniversary Conference of the Dutch Forensic Medical Society (FMG) - Dying to meet you

15.09.2022 to 16.09.2022

The Dutch Forensic Medical Society (FMG) holds the conference on 15t-16 September 2022 in Rotterdam. The motto of the conference - Dying to meet you -reflects the need to connect with international...

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

25 years of early warning and response to new psychoactive substances in Europe

This year, the EU Early Warning System (EWS) on new psychoactive substances (NPS) celebrates its 25th anniversary. Operated by the EMCDDA, in close cooperation with Europol and partners (1), it was the...

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Penalties for drug law offences in Europe ‘at a glance’ — new countries added to online tool

How do countries’ laws deal with offences relating to drug use, possession for personal use or supply? Find out more in the EMCDDA’s 'Penalties at a glance' tool, which allows for comparisons...

23rd International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) Conference

28.08.2022 to 31.08.2022

The EMCDDA is represented at the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) conference, an international stage for exchanging research and policy developments between experts in the field. It brings...

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Abraham, van Dijk, Hofstra and Spapens (2021) Tackling organized drug crime in the Netherlands - policy and implementation

This document presents the evaluation commissioned by the Ministry of Justice undertaken by Abraham, van Dijk, Hofstra and Spapens in 2021 'tackling organized drug crime in the Netherlands - policy and implementation'.

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Ministry of Justice and Security, Netherlands (2021) Letter to parliament elaborating broad offensive against organized subversive crime

Ministry of Justice and Security, Netherlands (2021) Letter to parliament elaborating broad offensive against organized subversive crime

Graphic shows a series of pie charts for cannabis, cocaine, MDMA and amphetamines, showing drug prevalance rates in the EU. Cannabis is the most used drug with 7.7% of adults having used it in the last year. Last year use for cocaine is 1.2%, MDMA is 0.9%

At a glance — estimates of drug use in the European Union (updated June 2022)

Graphic shows estimates of prevalence of use for different drugs in the European Union (EU-27). This graphic is take from the European Drug Report 2021. Full source data and methods and...

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Reitox national focal points’ activities during the COVID-19 pandemic

This report highlights the responses taken by the EMCDDA's Reitox network of national focal points to the COVID-19 crisis and describes the challenges met by the organisations and the strategies produced to...

9th Extended Reitox network meeting

Every year the EMCDDA organises the extended meeting of the Reitox network bringing together the 29 Heads of the National Focal Points and representatives from the agency’s key partner countries. Following the...

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European Drug Report 2020: Key Issues

This report, available in 24 languages, presents a summary of some the main findings of the 'European Drug Report 2020: Trends and Developments the EMCDDA’s latest analysis of the drug situation in...

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