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Drug treatment systems in the Western Balkans: outcomes of a joint EMCDDA-UNODC survey of drug treatment facilities

February 2019

This report presents a summary of the key findings from drug treatment facility surveys carried out in 2017 in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and the territory of Kosovo. The results provide insight into the characteristics and capacity of the treatment systems, as well as the availability...
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Improved drug supply indicators for Europe: progress report

December 2018

This report provides a summary of the key findings from the assessment of progress of the EU Member States, Norway and Turkey towards the implementation of the revised drug supply indicators, as developed by the EMCDDA in line with the Council conclusions of November 2013. The report gives also an...
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Exploring new and emerging drug trends and developments in CELAC countries: joint report from the EMCDDA and COPOLAD workshop on trendspotter methodology

November 2018

This report details the results of a two-day workshop on the EMCDDA’s trendspotter methodology held in Lisbon in November 2017. The workshop involved representatives from national drug observatories based in countries from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), along with...
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Public health guidance on prevention and control of blood-borne viruses in prison settings

July 2018

This evidence-based guidance aims to support the planning and implementation of effective programmes to prevent and control the transmission of infectious diseases in prison settings in the European region. It focuses on three high-burden blood-borne viruses (BBV) in the prison population, namely...
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Systematic review on the prevention and control of blood-borne viruses in prison settings

July 2018

Compared with the general public, people in prisons have a higher prevalence of infection with blood-borne viruses (BBVs) such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV). This is recognised as a major issue for the health of people in prisons, as well...
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Guidance in brief: prevention and control of blood-borne viruses in prison settings

July 2018

This evidence-based guidance aims to support the planning and implementation of effective programmes to prevent and control the transmission of infectious diseases in prison settings in the European region. It focuses on three high-burden blood-borne viruses (BBV) in the prison population, namely...
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Public health guidance on active case finding of communicable diseases in prison settings

May 2018

What are the most (cost-) effective ways to prevent and control communicable diseases in prison settings? In their joint public health Guidance, ECDC and the EMCDDA, present the evidence on active case finding as a key measure to diagnose communicable diseases early. The two agencies advise to...
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Cannabis and driving: questions and answers for policymaking

May 2018

With cannabis use and policy evolving internationally, drug-impaired driving has become an increasingly relevant policy issue. This briefing aims to provide those concerned with policy developments in the field of cannabis with a brief overview of current knowledge and the latest developments in...
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Drugs and the darknet: perspectives for enforcement, research and policy

November 2017

This joint report prepared by the EMCDDA and Europol considers the latest findings from international research, fresh empirical data, and operational information and intelligence in order to illuminate how darknet markets function and how they relate to criminal behaviour. The publication adopts an...
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Systematic review on active case finding of communicable diseases in prison settings

November 2017

A higher prevalence of communicable diseases among people in prison compared with the general public is recognised as a public health issue as well as a major concern for the people affected, as the majority of incarcerated people return to their communities. Active case finding is a key prevention...
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Appendices for Systematic review on active case finding of communicable diseases in prison settings

November 2017

Appendices of the report Systematic review on active case finding of communicable diseases in prison settings – Prevention and control of communicable diseases in prison settings 
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Public expenditure on supply reduction policies

June 2017

Evaluating drug policy is an integral part of a cost-efficient approach to tackle illicit drugs. This report takes a first step towards a systematic analysis, by examining a set of representative attempts to estimate public expenditure on supply reduction interventions. It proposes a common set of...
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New psychoactive substances in Europe: legislation and prosecution — current challenges and solutions

November 2016

The European new psychoactive substances (NPS) market has increased at a speed that established drug control laws struggle to match. Various countries have therefore introduced new legal responses to this phenomenon, based either on existing laws that focused on consumer or health protection or...
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ESPAD Report 2015 — Results from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs

September 2016

This report presents the most recent and comprehensive data on substance use among 15- to 16-year-old school students in Europe. Based on the responses from over 90 000 girls and boys, the report documents the levels of use of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis and other substances, as well as the...
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2016 EU Drug Markets Report: In-depth Analysis

April 2016

The EU Drug Markets Report 2016 is the second comprehensive overview of illicit drug markets in the European Union by the EMCDDA and Europol. The analysis provided in this report spans numerous topics such as the links between drugs and other crimes, the licit economy and society more generally as...
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2016 EU Drug Markets Report: Strategic Overview

April 2016

This publication provides a strategic overview of the key findings of the 2016 EU Drug Markets Report: In-depth Analysis. The report brings together our knowledge and understanding of the operation and structure of the drug market within the broader context of the illicit drugs phenomenon in the EU...
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The ESPAD validity study in four countries in 2013

July 2015

Assessing the validity of the information that has been collected is a relevant issue in any study. After the publication of the 2011 ESPAD report and in the view of preparations for the 2015 survey, a review of the questionnaire used to collect the data was conducted. The results of that exercise...
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HIV and hepatitis B and C in Latvia

June 2015

At the request of the Ministry of Health in Riga, a team of experts from European Center for Disease Prevention and Control and the EMCDDA paid a technical visit to Latvia on 2–4 September 2014. The aim of the joint mission was to analyse the epidemiological situation, review current prevention and...
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Wound botulism in people who inject heroin in Norway and the United Kingdom

February 2015

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the EMCDDA released a joint risk assessment on wound botulism among people who inject heroin in Norway and the United Kingdom in February 2015. At the time of publication, a total of 23 cases of wound botulism had been reported in...
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The 2012 ESPAD impact survey

July 2014

After the launch of the 2011 ESPAD report, a second impact survey (similar to the first one from 2003) was conducted in 2012 to explore whether interest in, use of and impact of the ESPAD 2011 report was as high as that found after the 1995 and 1999 reports. In addition to the ESPAD researchers,...

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