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Ukraine: EU Member States will need to prepare for possible increases in drug service demand

(18.07.2022) Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, neighbouring EU countries have ensured a rapid humanitarian response, providing urgent support to meet the health and social needs of those...

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Spotlight on… e-health interventions

e-Health involves the use of digital technologies to improve health in a variety of ways including: providing drug-related information with harm reduction advice (e.g. safer use) with or without personalised feedback from...

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Spotlight on… e-health interventions

What is e-health and m-health? e-Health involves the use of digital technologies to improve health in a variety of ways including: providing drug-related information with harm reduction advice (e.g. safer use) with...

EMCDDA webinar: workplaces and drugs, issues and challenges for the future, 28 April 2022 12.00-13-30 CET

EMCDDA webinar: Workplaces and drugs – issues and challenges for the future

Recording of the EMCDDA webinar: 'Workplaces and drugs – issues and challenges for the future', held 28 April 2022.

EMCDDA webinar: workplaces and drugs, issues and challenges for the future, 28 April 2022 12.00-13-30 CET

EMCDDA webinar: Workplaces and drugs – issues and challenges for the future

Objective: In the context of the EMCDDA Health and Social Responses miniguide on 'Workplaces and drugs', this webinar brings together experts in the field to provide an overview of the topic, share...

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EMCDDA releases new European miniguides on responding to drug use in specific settings

An important approach to the implementation of health and social responses to drug problems can be to focus interventions on the specific settings where problems may occur. For this reason, the EMCDDA’s...

Availability of awareness-raising responses in the workplace in Europe ranges from Finland (58.3%) to Estonia (20.9%) with an EU27 average at 36.2%.

Availability of awareness-raising responses in the workplace to prevent substance use (e.g. smoking, alcohol or drugs)

Availability of awareness-raising responses in the workplace to prevent substance use (e.g. smoking, alcohol or drugs) Data drawn from the Third European Survey on Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks...

Main behavioural techniques used in prevention interventions in high-risk neighbourhoods: evidence of effectiveness, 2019

Main behavioural techniques used in prevention interventions in high-risk neighbourhoods: evidence of effectiveness, 2019 Good evidence Unclear evidence No evidence Ratings based on expert opinion...

Interventions in high-risk neighbourhoods: provision in European countries, 2019

Interventions in high-risk neighbourhoods: provision in European countries, 2019 Ratings based on expert opinion collected through an EMCDDA structured survey. No provision: doesn't exist. Rare provision: exists in just a few...

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Environmental prevention: why do we need it now and how to advance it?

Environmental substance use prevention is an emerging approach that could overcome the limitations of traditional prevention as well as health promotion. Yet, questions of theory, practice and evaluation are to be addressed...

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