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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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Spotlight on… Drug checking

Drug-checking services provide individuals who use drugs with information on the chemical content of their drugs as well as advice and, sometimes, counselling or brief interventions. Service priorities vary and may include...

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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...

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Responses to the needs of children of people who use drugs

Although not all drug use by a parent will impact on a child, it is recognised that for some children the effect of their parent’s drug use continues from their infancy into...

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European responses to the needs of people who experience homelessness and use drugs

This paper explores the evidence base for services designed to meet the needs of people who experience homelessness and use drugs (PEHAD). Through a delimited analysis of existing systematic and rapid evidence...

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Spotlight on… Drug consumption rooms

Drug consumption rooms, sometimes known as supervised injecting facilities, are fixed or mobile spaces in which people who inject drugs are provided with sterile injection equipment and can use illicit drugs under...

Video thumbnail Drug consumption rooms

Spotlight on… Drug consumption rooms

What are drug consumption rooms? Drug consumption rooms, sometimes known as supervised injecting facilities, are fixed or mobile spaces in which people who inject drugs are provided with sterile injection equipment and...

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New EMCDDA miniguide on responding to opioid-related deaths highlights approaches and evidence that can help save lives

Health and social responses to opioid-related deaths are explored in a new EMCDDA miniguide launched today. The resource is the ninth in a series of miniguides, making up the agency’s latest overview...

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