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Rapid spread of 'fun' drugs in eu nightlife scene demands innovative responses

2002 Annual report - focus on polydrug use, successful treatment strategies and drugs in prison

2002 Annual report - key trends - European drug strategies now have greater focus

Candidate CEECs make sterling efforts to tackle drugs

New study indicates fewer minor drug offences end up in court

Drug injecting has a disproportionate impact on public health

Drug injecting is rare and stigmatised by the public and, on the whole, by drug users themselves. But, despite this, it accounts for most of the severe health consequences of drug use...

UN drug control office, European Monitoring Centre develop 'common language' to address global drug problem

'HIV/AIDS 'still a big problem' among EU drug users, says drugs agency

Drugs agency offers strategic pointers for prevention policy

Drug users and the law in the EU

Council decides PMMA should be placed under control

The Council of the European Union adopted a unanimous decision on 28 February defining the new synthetic drug PMMA (para-methoxymethylamphetamine) as a substance to be placed under control measures and criminal penalties...

Substitution - a key component in drug treatment

2001 Annual report on EU drugs problem: 'blurring of traditional boundaries' in use of cocaine

2001 Annual report on EU drugs problem: special overview of main trends; drugs present Europe with a continuing challenge - but marked EU trend from reactive to proactive policies

Annual report on EU drugs problem: special focus on CEECs; drug problems grow in Central and Eastern Europe - CEECs step up responses

EMCDDA and Europol sign 'co-operation agreement'

The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) and the European Police Office (Europol) signed a Co- operation Agreement in Brussels today during a major meeting on amphetamine-type stimulants held under the auspices of the...

EU drugs agency signs joint statement with Argentinian drug co-ordination body SEDRONAR

Latest on the EU drug problem - EU drugs agency to launch 2001 Annual report

Focus on pill testing in dance and music scene

'Drug injecting a major European public health concern' says drug agency chief