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European Drug Report

European Drug Report 2019: Trends and Developments

June 2019

The Trends and Developments report presents a top-level overview of the drug phenomenon in Europe, covering drug supply, use and public health problems as well as drug policy and responses. Together with the online Statistical Bulletin and 30 Country Drug Reports, it makes up the 2019 European Drug...
Rapid communication

Recent changes in Europe’s cocaine market: results from an EMCDDA trendspotter study

December 2018

Using trendspotter methodology, this report explores signs of increasing availability and consumption of cocaine in Europe, in an effort to increase our understanding of recent changes in the cocaine market. The study investigates the consequences of these developments on acute health harms linked...
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Country Drug Report

2018 Country Drug Reports

June 2018

Country Drug Reports provide a top-level overview of the drug phenomenon in European countries, covering topics such as drug supply, drug use and public health problems as well as drug policy and responses. Each Country Drug Report focuses on a single country (28 EU Member States as well as Norway...
European Drug Report

European Drug Report 2018: Trends and Developments

June 2018

The Trends and Developments report presents a top-level overview of the drug phenomenon in Europe, covering drug supply, use and public health problems as well as drug policy and responses. Together with the online Statistical Bulletin and 30 Country Drug Reports, it makes up the 2018 European Drug...
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Drugnet Europe

Drugnet Europe 96

November 2016

In this issue: EMCDDA scientific award 2016 | Lisbon Addictions 2017 | New report on drug‑related hospital emergencies | Grounds for hope in treating hepatitis C | EC proposes amendment to EMCDDA founding regulation | New products and services | EMCDDA Director pays official visit to Europol
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Rapid communication

Hospital emergency presentations and acute drug toxicity in Europe — update from the Euro-DEN Plus research group and the EMCDDA

August 2016

This rapid communication provides an update on drug related hospital emergency presentations in Europe with a specific focus on the latest results for acute drug toxicity presentations to the European Drug Emergencies Network (Euro-DEN). This report is primarily based on presentations and...
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Perspectives on Drugs (PODs)

Health responses to new psychoactive substances (Perspectives on Drugs)

June 2016

The emergence of new psychoactive substances (NPS) over the last decade has posed a major challenge to drug policy. While the limited available data indicates that prevalence levels of NPS use are relatively low in the general European population, there are concerns around more problematic forms of...
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Rapid communication

Health responses to new psychoactive substances

June 2016

While prevalence levels of NPS use remain low in the general European population, there are important concerns with more problematic forms of use and harms. This short report provides an overview of the current situation in terms of NPS use and harms across Europe and reviews the available health-...
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Insights

Preventing opioid overdose deaths with take-home naloxone

January 2016

This publication examines the case for distributing naloxone, an emergency medication, to people who inject opioids such as heroin and to others who might witness an opioid overdose. Through its capacity to reverse opioid overdose, naloxone can save lives if administered in time. This comprehensive...
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EMCDDA Papers

Emergency department-based brief interventions for individuals with substance-related problems: a review of effectiveness

January 2016

Brief interventions are psychosocial techniques designed to help recipients recognise harmful patterns of substance use, and to motivate and support them to address that use. Studies suggest that brief interventions in an emergency department maximise the benefit of a unique ‘window of opportunity...
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Perspectives on Drugs (PODs)

Emergency health consequences of cocaine use in Europe (Perspectives on drugs)

May 2015

Several thousands of cocaine-related emergencies are reported in Europe every year, representing a considerable burden on services. In this analysis, the EMCDDA studies the type of cocaine-related problems reported and the potential of using hospital emergency data for monitoring acute problems...
Technical reports

Emergency health consequences of cocaine use in Europe. A review of the monitoring of drug-related acute emergencies in 30 European countries

April 2014

This study reveals the substantial levels of morbidity related to cocaine use, translated into the large number of cocaine cases seen in various emergency settings in European countries. This health burden is often not captured by other traditional drug indicators. The report also points to the...
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Technical reports

Review and synthesis of scientific literature on drug-related non-fatal emergencies

September 1999

The aim of this report was to provide a detailed review of epidemiological studies on drug-related emergencies implemented recently (10 years) in the European Union, and to synthesise information generated by all of them in order to provide some clues for an early warning system network. This was...

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