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The EMCDDA Management Board, meeting in Lisbon this week, held elections today for the positions of Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board ( 1 ). Franz Pietsch (Austria) was elected to the...

This content was published in the EU4MD update released on 15.12.2021. This update also presents a section on partnerships, announcements, studies, upcoming events, and a research corner. EU4MD project advisory committee takes...

The advisory committee of the EMCDDA’s Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance ( IPA7 ) project held its second meeting today to discuss the state of play of the project ( 1 ). Funded...

European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson will visit the Belgian National Institute of Criminalistics and Criminology ( NICC ), in Brussels today, accompanied by Alexis Goosdeel, Director of the European Monitoring...

Health and social responses to drug-related infectious diseases are explored today in a new EMCDDA miniguide , released to mark World AIDS Day . The resource is the eighth in a series...

The EU4Monitoring Drugs ( EU4MD ) project advisory committee held its third meeting today to take stock of results achieved to date and outline its next steps. The EU-funded project was launched...

Over the past two months, representatives from the Georgian national drug observatory (NDO) and other Georgian experts have participated in a range of EMCDDA expert meetings and training courses under the agency’s...

On 4 October 2021 the equalities minister in Malta presented a bill to change laws on cannabis. This follows the government’s election manifesto of 2017, which pledged to launch a debate on...

Today, the nine European Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies came together to wrap up the activities of the network in 2021 and present its key achievements. The event also gathered high-level...

Professionals, academics and experts from the Western Balkan region and European Neighbourhood Policy countries will have an opportunity to participate in the 2022 European Drugs Winter School ( EDWS ), thanks to...

The Council of Europe’s International Cooperation Group on Drugs and Addictions ( Pompidou Group ) marks its 50 th anniversary in Paris today at an event looking back over its history and...

Leading international experts in the field of addiction science will gather in Lisbon from 23–25 November 2022 for the next European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies (‘ Lisbon Addictions 2022 ’)...

What are the most effective treatment options for cannabis problems? How to respond to new trends in cocaine use? How to help prevent the non-medical use of medicines? These are among the...

The EMCDDA would like to congratulate Head of the Polish national focal point , Artur Malczewski, on receiving the Leading European Prevention Science Practitioner Honour 2021 from the European Society for Prevention...

It was with great sadness that the EMCDDA learned this week of the death of Father Vítor Feytor Pinto. The first Chair of the EMCDDA Management Board — a position he held...

The EMCDDA and the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) are pleased to open registration today for two upcoming joint events in 2022: the European Drugs Winter School (EDWS) and the European Drugs...

This content was published in the EU4MD update released on 30.09.2021. This update also presents a section on partnerships, announcements, studies, upcoming events, and a research corner. Focus on: Methamphetamine from Afghanistan...

This report was prepared before recent developments in Afghanistan and before the withdrawal of US military and other NATO allies from the country. The findings of this report are preliminary and will...

A two-year work programme on bilateral cooperation with Georgia was agreed upon today at the first advisory committee meeting of the EMCDDA4Georgia project, hosted virtually by the agency. Launched on 3 May...

Six steps to help improve the quality of drug services and systems in Europe are presented today in a new manual from the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) . Entitled Implementing quality standards...