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An EMCDDA delegation is in Chisinau today for a visit to the Republic of Moldova under the EU4Monitoring Drugs II project ( EU4MD II ). The visit is organised in close cooperation...

A delegation from the Narcotics and Psychotropic Drug Control Agency of the Libyan Ministry of the Interior is visiting the EMCDDA today for the first time. The two-day visit is organised under...

Two bursaries for the 2023 European Drugs Summer School (EDSS) are currently being offered through EMCDDA’s EU4Monitoring Drugs II ( EU4MD II ) project. Professionals, academics or experts from the European Neighbourhood...

This month, the EMCDDA has launched two new projects which will intensify its cooperation with the Western Balkans and the European Neighbourhood Policy area (ENP). The EU-funded projects, running until the end...

This month sees the start of a new phase of collaboration between the EMCDDA and Ukraine following the signing of a Working Arrangement between the agency and the Ukrainian Ministry of Health...

This week, the EMCDDA is hosting the closing conference of its international cooperation projects with the Western Balkans and European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) region ( 1 ). The two-day event, kicking off...

The emergence of new drug trafficking routes, the expansion of online markets, and the availability of a broader spectrum of substances, are among the findings highlighted in two new reports published today...

This content was published in the EU4MD update released on 3.10.2022. This update also presents a section on partnerships, announcements, studies, upcoming events, and a research corner. Focus on European Web Survey...

EMCDDA4GE Project advisory committee takes stock of results after first year Today, the EMCDDA4GE project held the second meeting of its Project advisory committee in Tbilisi. Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia...

Today, Deputy Minister of Justice of Georgia, Tornike Cheishvili and EMCDDA Director, Alexis Goosdeel , signed a Working Arrangement between the EMCDDA and Georgia, confirming their collaboration in the field of drugs...

This content was published in the EU4MD update released on 4.07.2022. This update also presents a section on partnerships, announcements, studies, upcoming events, and a research corner. Focus on prevention systems in...

A Ukrainian version of the European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) handbook, adapted for the local context, has been launched today in Kyiv at an event organised by the non-governmental organisation, Geopolitical Alliance of...

Today, the EMCDDA is holding the second annual meeting of its Legal and policy correspondents’ network for non-EU partners, following an inaugural meeting in October 2021. The EMCDDA’s regular EU Legal and...

Representatives of candidate, potential candidate and neighbouring countries of the EU are joining members of the EMCDDA’s Reitox network this week (10–13 May) for the agency’s tenth Reitox week. The purpose of...

This content was published in the EU4MD update released on 6.04.2022. This update also presents a section on partnerships, announcements, studies, upcoming events, and a research corner. Ukraine: a partner in the...

New survey results released today by the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) reveal that cannabis and ecstasy use are the drug-consumption patterns most impacted by COVID-19 restrictions ( 1 ). The European Web...

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 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...

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...

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...