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2009 Annual report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe
European Drug Report

2009 Annual report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe

November 2009

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...
Drugs in focus

Responding to drug driving in Europe

September 2009

Many of the accidents and deaths that occur on European roads are caused by drivers whose performance is impaired by a psychoactive substance. Alcohol alone is estimated to account for up to 10 000 road deaths a year in the European Union, one quarter of all road deaths. No comparable figures are...
Drugs in focus

Neurobiological research on drugs: ethical and policy implications

June 2009

This briefing paper for policymakers presents how new discoveries in neurobiology have the potential to transform our perception of drug addiction and its treatment, whilst also considering the ethical issues such treatment can raise. It balances an analysis of the latest developments in the field...
Joint publications

Summary of the 2007 ESPAD report

March 2009

This is a summary of the 2007 European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) which aims to collect comparable data on substance use among 15–16 year-old European students in order to monitor trends within as well as between countries. This summary presents key results from the...
2008 Annual report: the state of the drugs problem in Europe
European Drug Report

2008 Annual report: the state of the drugs problem in Europe

June 2008

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...
Drugs in focus

Substance use among older adults: a neglected problem

April 2008

Summary: Substance use is generally associated with young people, but such problems have no age limits. Current evidence in relation to the elderly is limited, making it difficult to estimate the precise extent and implications of this concern. However, forecasts for the coming years are troubling...
European Drug Report

2007 Annual report: the state of the drugs problem in Europe

November 2007

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...
Drugs in focus

Cocaine use in Europe: implications for service delivery

November 2007

Cocaine use presents new challenges for Europe’s drug treatment services. Although services can leverage experiences gained in responding to other types of drug problems, the pharmacology of cocaine, the social diversity of users and the concurrent use of other psychoactive substances complicate...
Drugs in focus

Hallucinogenic mushrooms: the challenge of responding to naturally occurring substances in an electronic age

June 2007

Over the past decade, media interest in the use of hallucinogenic mushrooms appears to have been driven by open marketing of these mushrooms and by the legal changes made in some countries to prohibit this trade. Standard epidemiological methods for monitoring drug use can be slow to identify...
European Drug Report

2006 Annual report: the state of the drugs problem in Europe

November 2006

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 policy-makers, specialists and practitioners in the drugs field or indeed anyone seeking the latest findings on drugs in Europe. Published...
European Drug Report

2005 Annual report: the state of the drugs problem in Europe

November 2005

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 policy-makers, specialists and practitioners in the drugs field or indeed anyone seeking the latest findings on drugs in Europe. Published...
Drugs in focus

Overdose — a major cause of avoidable death among young people

January 2005

Drug-related death is a complex phenomenon that includes both deaths from overdose and deaths indirectly related to drugs, for example from diseases spread by the sharing of injecting equipment, such as AIDS and hepatitis, and from accidents, violence and suicide under the influence of drugs.
Drugs in focus

Comorbidity — drug use and mental disorders

January 2005

Comorbidity is often underestimated and underdiagnosed. Two main groups of comorbid drug users are recognised, each with distinct profiles. One group is dominated by people with psychiatric illness and the second group is characterised by drug dependency.
Selected issues

Co-morbidity

November 2004

The co-occurrence of psychiatric illness and substance disorders, commonly termed co-morbidity or dual diagnosis, is not a new phenomenon. However, in recent years the issue has gained momentum in the political and professional discussion as it has become apparent that a large and probably growing...
Selected issues

Cannabis problems in context: understanding the increase in European treatment demands

November 2004

The extent and nature of problems found within populations of European cannabis consumers remain unclear. Also unclear is the extent to which statistical information on increasing demands for treatment reflects changes in reporting and referral practice as opposed to increases in the number of...
Selected issues

Evaluation of 'national drug strategies' in Europe

November 2004

Many countries have recently adopted a ‘national drugs strategy’. This Selected issue focuses on plans for the evaluation of these strategies, which for the first time has been enabled on a European scale by work undertaken by the national focal points. This work has helped to clarify references to...
European Drug Report

2004 Annual report: the state of the drugs problem in the European Union and Norway

November 2004

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 policy-makers, specialists and practitioners in the drugs field or indeed anyone seeking the latest findings on drugs in Europe. Published...
Drugs in focus

Evaluation of the European Union's 2000–04 strategy and action plan

April 2004

Because the drug phenomenon, its causes and consequences are both complex and serious an evaluation of policy is particularly useful in this field. In permitting a reasoned value judgement of the effects of public action, in other words, a judgement based on a scientific basis, evaluation helps...

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