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• HIV in injecting drug users in the EU/EEA January 2012

  In response to a notified increase in HIV cases among injecting drug users (IDU) in Greece and Romania, the European Commission asked the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) in November 2011 to conduct a rapid inquiry among their network of HIV surveillance- and drug focal points to investigate whether such  increases had occurred in other countries.

• Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/99): country overview 2010 December 2011

  This report provides a structured synopsis of the trends and characteristics of national drug problems in Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/99) in 2010.

• Amphetamine: a European Union perspective in the global context December 2011

  This joint publication with the European Police Agency, Europol, is an in-depth study on the illicit market in amphetamine. Bringing together data on law enforcement measures such as drug seizures and clandestine laboratory detections with data on drug use prevalence, the report shows that Europe is the world’s number one producer of amphetamine and a major consumer market.

• Responding to new psychoactive substances December 2011

  This briefing paper describes some of the practical and legal obstacles facing Member States when responding to new substances. It underlines the importance of national early-warning systems in detecting, identifying and ultimately controlling, potentially dangerous new drugs.

• European drug prevention quality standards December 2011

  This Manual is a joint production by the EMCDDA and the Prevention Standards Partnership, and presents and describes basic and expert level quality standards for drug prevention.

• 2011 Annual report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe November 2011

  The report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe presents the EMCDDA's yearly overview of the drug phenomenon. This is an essential reference book for policymakers, specialists and practitioners in the drugs field or indeed anyone seeking the latest findings on drugs in Europe. Published every autumn, the report contains non-confidential data supported by an extensive range of figures.

• Mortality November 2011

  This Selected issue focuses on mortality among drug users due to all causes, of which drug-induced deaths (overdoses) is only a component, albeit the one most well-documented.

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