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Customs Laboratories European Network (CLEN) meets in Lisbon
(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... Read more >> -
Mortality among drug users in Europe
(Lisbon, 03.02.2015) Drug use is one of the major causes of mortality among young people in Europe, both directly through overdose (drug-induced deaths) and indirectly through drug-related diseases, accidents, violence... Read more >> -
New EMCDDA trendspotter study explores online supply of drugs
Fact sheet 3/2015 (Lisbon, 30.01.2015) Social media were found to play an active role in drug markets, whether used directly for buying and selling drugs or indirectly for marketing, opinion-forming or experience-sharing. Smartphone apps... Read more >> -
Drug policies in the perspective of UNGASS 2016
(Brussels, 27.01.2015) EMCDDA Director Wolfgang Götz is at the European Parliament today for an exchange of views with European members of the Global Commission on Drug Policy ahead of the United Nations General Assembly... Read more >> -
Director presents highlights from EMCDDA 2015 work programme at European Parliament
(Brussels, 21.01.2015) EMCDDA Director Wolfgang Götz is at the European Parliament today where he is presenting to members of the Committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) highlights from the agency’s... Read more >> -
New EMCDDA review studies the effectiveness of overdose antidote, naloxone
(Lisbon, 19.01.2015) Can naloxone provided in the community help reduce the thousands of drug-induced deaths recorded in Europe every year? This is the question explored by the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) in a new paper... Read more >> -
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Gaps in HIV prevention expose Europe to risk of outbreaks
(Lisbon, 01.12.2014) In Europe, decades of investment in effective HIV prevention measures targeting people who inject drugs continue to bear fruit as demonstrated by the long-term decline in HIV diagnoses related to... Read more >> -
Annual award ceremony to celebrate excellence in scientific writing on illicit drugs
News release No 9/2014 (Lisbon , 24.11.2014) The four winners of the 2014 EMCDDA scientific paper award will be honoured in Lisbon on 25 November at the fourth annual award ceremony hosted by the EU agency (1). The winners will receive a non-... Read more >> -
Third EMCDDA Reitox week
(Lisbon, 19.11.2014) Candidate, potential candidate and neighbouring countries of the EU, preparing to collaborate with the EMCDDA, will participate in the third ‘Reitox week’ to be held in Lisbon from 25–28 November. Read more >> -
Pregnancy and opioid use: strategies for treatment
(Lisbon , 14.11.2014) Illicit opioid consumption is associated with an increase in obstetric complications in pregnant women. It also brings with it a range of potential dangers for the child, both before and after birth... Read more >> -
Click and learn with the EMCDDA’s new-look Best practice portal
Fact sheet No 12/2014 (Lisbon, 23.10.2014) Real-life responses to drug problems come under the spotlight today as the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) launches its revamped Best practice portal. Designed as a practical and reliable source of what... Read more >> -
Drug-related harms and responses in focus at annual EMCDDA expert meetings
Fact sheet No 11/2014 (Lisbon, 13.10.2014) Latest evidence in the area of drug overdose, HCV infections and HIV outbreaks among drug users will be among the topics discussed in a series of events unfolding this week at the EU drugs agency (... Read more >> -
Second EMDAS graduation ceremony at EMCDDA
(Lisbon, 29.09.2014) The second group of 25 students graduating from the European Masters in Drug and Alcohol Studies (EMDAS), will receive their diplomas at a ceremony at the EMCDDA on 30 September (1). EMDAS, a project... Read more >> -
Four new drugs to be placed under control
(Lisbon, 25.09.2014) Today, EU Ministers adopted a European Commission proposal to control four new psychoactive substances currently raising health concerns in Europe. With today's decision, the substances MDPV,... Read more >> -
EMCDDA unites expert networks in integrated approach to monitoring
Fact sheet No 10/2014 (Lisbon, 24.09.2014) ‘Continuity and change: high-risk drug use and drug treatment in Europe’, is the focus of events unfolding this week at the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) in Lisbon (1). Read more >> -
European Parliament President Martin Schulz to visit EU agencies in Lisbon
News release No 8/2014 (Lisbon, 19.09.2014) Newly re-elected President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz will visit the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) on 23 September, accompanied by Secretary of... Read more >> -
ECDC-EMCDDA mission on HIV status and hepatitis surveillance in Latvia
(Lisbon, 03.09.2014) At the invitation of the Latvian government, and in the context of high HIV levels in the country, ECDC and the EMCDDA have joined forces to assist national experts in preventing and controlling... Read more >> -
Published today on World Hepatitis Day: New EMCDDA review on hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs in Europe
(Lisbon, 28.07.2014) People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population affected by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Treatment options are improving and may enhance prevention; however access for PWID may be poor. Read more >> -
Eurojust and EMCDDA pledge to boost cooperation
News release No 7/2014 (The Hague/Lisbon, 15.07.2014) Exchanging strategic and technical information in the areas of drug legislation and supply was among the pledges made today in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the EU drugs agency (... Read more >> -
Third European drugs summer school opens today in Lisbon
Fact sheet No 7/2014 (Lisbon, 30.06.2014) The third European drugs summer school (EDSS) — ‘Illicit drugs in Europe: demand, supply and public policies’ — opens today in Lisbon and will run until 11 July. The initiative, organised by the... Read more >> -
26 June: International day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking
News release No 6/2014 (Lisbon, 25.06.2014) An estimated 28 000 lives are lost on Europe’s roads every year and a further 1.34 million people are injured (1). Many of these accidents and deaths are caused by drivers whose performance is... Read more >> -
Largest multi-city study on drug wastewater analysis released today
News release No 5/2014 (Lisbon, 27.05.2014) The findings of the largest European project to date in the emerging science of wastewater analysis (WWA) are released today in an article published in Addiction (1). The project in question —... Read more >> -
EU drugs agency places six topics in the spotlight with new online analyses
News release No 4/2014 (Lisbon, 27.05.2014) The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) releases today alongside its European Drug Report 2014: Trends and developments, six new additions to its Perspectives on drugs (PODs) series. This latest selection of... Read more >> -
European Drug Report out today — Europe’s drugs problem ‘increasingly complex’
News release No 3/2014 (Lisbon, 27.05.2014) Europe’s drugs problem is becoming increasingly complex with new challenges emerging that raise concerns for public health. This is according to the European Drug Report 2014: Trends and developments... Read more >> -
International experts to examine latest findings in the field of new drugs
Fact sheet No 6/2014 (Lisbon, 15.05.2014) International experts gather in Rome today to examine the latest scientific research in the rapidly-changing field of novel (or new) psychoactive substances (NPS). Read more >> -
EU drugs agency to launch European Drug Report 2014
News release No 2/2014 (Lisbon, 24.04.2014) The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) will be presenting its annual overview of the European drug situation on 27 May in a multilingual, multimedia information package focusing on today’s rapidly shifting... Read more >> -
EMCDDA and ECDC facilitate sub-regional exchange of knowledge and best practice in monitoring and preventing drug-related infections
(Lisbon, 07.04.2014) Monitoring and responding to HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs (PWID) is the focus of two new reports from the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention... Read more >> -
Scientific Committee — elections for chair and vice chair
Fact sheet No 5/2014 (Lisbon, 01.04.2014) The EMCDDA Scientific Committee, meeting in Lisbon this week, elected its new Chair and Vice Chair for the next three years. Prof. Dr Gerhard Bühringer (Germany) was elected to the position of Chair... Read more >> -
Regional drug strategies across the world explored in new EMCDDA paper
Fact sheet No 4/2014 (Lisbon, 18.03.2014) The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) has released today its first comparative analysis of regional drug strategies across the world (1). The paper explores the drug strategies and action plans adopted over... Read more >>