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This week, EMCDDA Director Alexis Goosdeel is making an official visit to Colombia to sign the agency's Working Arrangement with the Colombian Ministry of Justice and Law. The Ministry — through its...

How is Europe's opioid market evolving? What substances are causing the most concern today? How are countries responding to cannabis use? Find out more when the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and...

The EMCDDA is delighted to announce the availability of bursaries for Lisbon Addictions 2024 . The bursaries are being offered via the agency's international cooperation projects, funded by the European Union. The...

'Drug crime and markets: strategic analysis' is the focus of a training course being hosted at the EMCDDA in Lisbon this week in cooperation with the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement...

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...

This week, EMCDDA experts will join over 150 officials from Latin American, Caribbean and EU agencies in the annual COPOLAD III meeting, taking place from 20–21 February in La Paz, Bolivia (...

This week, the EMCDDA is co-organising, with the Jamaican National Council on Drug Abuse , a series of technical meetings under the COPOLAD III programme. Taking place in Kingston, the events will...

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...

This month, Belgium took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU with a promise to 'protect our people, strengthen our economy and prepare for our shared future'. Over the...

Today, the EMCDDA is kicking off the latest culturally adapted European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) basic training course in Portuguese in Brazil. Under its partnership with the COPOLAD III programme, the EMCDDA has...

We are delighted to announce that our colleague Laurent Laniel has been presented with the medal of excellence of the Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre-Narcotics (MAOC (N)) . He received the award...

This week in Montevideo, the EMCDDA is co-organising with the Uruguayan Junta Nacional de Drogas, a technical dialogue on cannabis policies. The event is one of a range of activities organised by...

This week, EMCDDA Director Alexis Goosdeel is making an official visit to Peru in the framework of the agency's Working Arrangement with the Peruvian national drug observatory, DEVIDA ( 1 ). This...

Better access to drug-related services for asylum seekers and empowering reception centre workers through training in drug use response are among the priorities highlighted in a new report out today: Professionals working...

The EMCDDA and the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) are delighted to open registration today for two upcoming joint events in 2024: the European Drugs Winter School (EDWS) and the European Drugs...

This week, the first culturally adapted European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) basic training course in Portuguese was delivered online for 22 Brazilian participants. The Portuguese version is the first of three culturally adapted...

An EMCDDA delegation is in Baku today for the agency's first visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan under the EU4Monitoring Drugs II project ( EU4MD II ). The visit is organised in...

Today, 20 experts from eight Caribbean countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname) are embarking on a five-day online European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) basic training...

Today, 30 experts from nine Latin American and Caribbean countries (Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela) are embarking on a five-day online European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC)...

Cooperation with Peru was enhanced this month following the signing of a Working Arrangement between the EMCDDA and the Peruvian National Commission for Development and Life without Drugs ( DEVIDA ). The...