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EMCDDA Management Board elects new Chair and Vice-Chair

04.12.2015

The Management Board held elections today for a new Chair and Vice-Chair. Laura d’Arrigo (France) was elected Chair and Franz Pietsch (Austria) Vice-Chair.
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New EMCDDA report explores combined mental health and substance use disorders

27.11.2015

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 EU...
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Over 40 countries attend 2015 Reitox week in Lisbon

24.11.2015

Representatives of candidate, potential candidate and neighbouring countries of the EU are joining members of the EMCDDA’s Reitox network in Lisbon today for the kick-off of the agency’s fourth...
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EU drugs agency boosts cooperation with Georgian Ministry of Justice

04.11.2015

EMCDDA Director Wolfgang Götz and the Georgian Minister of Justice Tea Tsulukiani meet in Tbilisi to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
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4,4'-DMAR and MT-45 to be placed under control across the EU

20.10.2015

Europe has responded to rising concerns over the use of two new drugs by subjecting them to ‘control measures and criminal penalties’ throughout the Union. The implementing decision of the Council of...
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EMCDDA co-hosts ‘Testing the waters 2015’

09.10.2015

The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) is co-hosting next week in Ascona, Switzerland, the second international conference on wastewater analysis: ‘Testing the waters 2015’.
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Minimum quality standards for drug demand reduction interventions in the EU

28.09.2015

The Council conclusions set out 16 standards that represent a minimum benchmark of quality for interventions in: drug use prevention, risk and harm reduction, treatment, social integration and...
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Annual award ceremony to celebrate excellence in scientific writing on illicit drugs

22.09.2015

The winners of the 2015 EMCDDA scientific paper award will gather in Lisbon on 23 September for the fifth annual paper award ceremony hosted by the EU agency.
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EMCDDA conference: 20 years of monitoring and communicating evidence on drugs

18.09.2015

Venue: Conference Centre, Praça Europa 4, Cais do Sodré, 1249-206, Lisbon
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EMCDDA Management Board selects new Director

10.09.2015

Alexis Goosdeel (Belgium) was selected today to become the new Director of the Lisbon-based European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). Following a public recruitment procedure...
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EMCDDA Director Wolfgang Götz receives award for services to the Republic of Austria

08.09.2015

EMCDDA Director Wolfgang Götz receives today the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria.
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EMCDDA celebrates 20 years of monitoring

02.09.2015

This year, the EMCDDA commemorates 20 years of monitoring the drugs problem in Europe. EMCDDA Director Wolfgang Götz reflects on this important milestone. 
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EU drugs agency steps up cooperation with National Security Council of Armenia

28.07.2015

The European Union and Armenia will cooperate more actively on monitoring the drug phenomenon in future, thanks to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed today in Yerevan between the EU drugs...
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EMCDDA staff member receives award from the Cyprus Antidrug Council

26.06.2015

Alexis Goosdeel, EMCDDA Head of unit for Reitox and international cooperation, is in Nicosia today to receive an award from the national drug coordination committee, the Cyprus Antidrug Council, for...
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EMCDDA: Europe's cities offer valuable observation window on new drug trends

25.06.2015

Drug problems often emerge, and are most acutely felt, in urban environments, making Europe’s cities a valuable observation window on new drug trends. In its latest report — released today ahead of...
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Annual meeting of the Reitox Early Warning System network

09.06.2015

The latest developments in monitoring and responding to new psychoactive substances (NPS/'new drugs') were discussed at the 15th annual meeting of the Reitox Early Warning System (EWS) network, held...
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EMCDDA explores new dynamics and dimensions of Europe’s drugs problem

04.06.2015

Changing dynamics in the heroin market, the latest implications of cannabis use and new features and dimensions of the stimulant and 'new drugs' scene, are among the issues highlighted in this year's...
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Delegation of Irish Parliament to visit EMCDDA

03.06.2015
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EMCDDA underlines growing importance of effective treatment for cannabis use

21.04.2015

Providing effective treatment for those with cannabis use disorders is likely to become a matter of growing importance in European drug policy. This is according to the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) today...
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Coming soon European drug report 2015

15.04.2015

What are the latest drug market trends and what are the factors driving them? What are the most recent developments in drug prevention, treatment and policy? How many new drugs were detected in...
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EMCDDA publishes first overview of the drug situation in the Western Balkans

23.03.2015

The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) publishes today its first overview of the drug situation in the Western Balkans. The report describes a region facing a complex array of drug use problems and associated...
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EMCDDA participates in RARHA project meeting on monitoring alcohol use and its consequences

13.03.2015

Harmful and hazardous alcohol use is one of the main causes of premature deaths and avoidable diseases in the EU today. Highlighting the importance of this issue, the European Commission is funding,...
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EMCDDA participates in SEEA-net events

12.03.2015

The EMCDDA is participating this week in the 7th Conference of the South Eastern European Adriatic (SEEA) Addiction Treatment Network and the 14th SEEA-net Symposium on Addictive Behaviours. Alexis...
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58th Commission on Narcotic Drugs, 9–17 March 2015, Vienna

09.03.2015

The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), the central UN policy-making body in drug-related matters, opens its 58th session in Vienna th
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EMCDDA presents latest update on ‘new drugs’ from EU Early Warning System

09.03.2015

Among the public health concerns highlighted in the report are new synthetic opioids — often highly potent and sold as heroin to unsuspecting users — posing a high risk of overdose. Three of the five...
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EMCDDA hosts Euro-DEN meeting and promotes guidelines: ‘When to call the emergency services for unwell recreational drug users’

27.02.2015

The recreational drug scene has evolved rapidly over the last decade, with new psychoactive substances (NPS) posing additional challenges. However, at present, there is no robust pan-European system...

ECDC and EMCDDA release a joint rapid risk assessment on wound botulism among people who inject heroin

16.02.2015

Today, two EU agencies, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) have released a joint rapid risk assessment on wound botulism among people who...
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EMCDDA welcomes new moves to make hepatitis C medications more accessible to patients

12.02.2015

The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) welcomes new moves to make hepatitis C medications more accessible to those affected by the virus in line with its previous statements. Hepatitis C is the most common...
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New EMCDDA annual work programme published today

12.02.2015

A major task in 2015, also in cooperation with Europol, will be the preparation of the second EU drug markets report (for release in 2016). Further progress is also expected to be achieved in the...
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Customs Laboratories European Network (CLEN) meets in Lisbon

06.02.2015

The Portuguese Taxes and Customs Authority and the EMCDDA are hosting in Lisbon this week the second meeting of the European Commission’s (EC) Customs Laboratories European Network (CLEN) project...

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