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FAQ: drug overdose deaths in Europe
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Toolkit to increase access to hepatitis C testing and care in drug services
Graphic shows a series of pie charts for cannabis, cocaine, MDMA and amphetamines, showing drug prevalance rates in the EU. Cannabis is the most used drug with 7.7% of adults having used it in the last year. Last year use for cocaine is 1.2%, MDMA is 0.9%

European Drug Report 2021
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New benzodiazepines in Europe report
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Wastewater analysis and drugs — a European multi-city study
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COVID-19 and drugs
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Methamphetamine from Afghanistan: signals indicate that Europe should be better prepared
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Implementing quality standards for drug services and systems: a six-step guide to support quality assurance
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EMCDDA corporate identity and logo toolkit
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Synthetic cannabinoids in Europe – a review
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Manual: increasing access to hepatitis C testing and care for people who inject drugs
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Guide to stakeholder round-tables on supporting hepatitis C testing and care
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EMCDDA hepatitis C toolkit
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European Drug Report 2021: Trends and Developments
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Wastewater analysis and drugs — a European study

EU Drug Markets Report 2019
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Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide

An analysis of drugs in used syringes from sentinel European cities

Medical use of cannabis and cannabinoids
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EMCDDA Executive committee meeting

22 Oct 2021

EMCDDA statutory body meeting

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89th Meeting of Permanent Correspondents Pompidou Group

27 Oct 2021

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2021 EU Conference on modelling for policy support

22 Nov 2021 to 26 Nov 2021

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EMCDDA Budget committee meeting

15 Dec 2021

EMCDDA statutory body meeting
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EMCDDA Webinar: Health and social responses to cannabis problems in Europe — time for a paradigm shift?
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EMCDDA webinar: Prison and drugs in Europe: current and future challenges
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Spotlight: Impact of COVID-19 on EMCDDA activities
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Video: Launch of the 2021 European Drug Report: Online media event
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Video: European Drug Report 2021 — highlights
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Video: Launch of the 2021 European Drug Report: speech by Commissioner Ylva Johansson
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Graphic shows a series of pie charts for cannabis, cocaine, MDMA and amphetamines, showing drug prevalance rates in the EU. Cannabis is the most used drug with 7.7% of adults having used it in the last year. Last year use for cocaine is 1.2%, MDMA is 0.9%

At a glance — estimates of drug use in the European Union (updated June 2021)
Brreakdown of seizures of drugs in 2019. Most seized drugs were herbal cannabis (37%), cannabis resin (36%) and cocaine (11%).Infographic also shows trends in seizures since 2009. Biggest increases: MDMA, methamphetamine, cocaine and herbal cannabis

Drug seizures at a glance, 2019
infographic showing characteristics of cannabis users entering treatment. 84% are male. Approximately half are daily users.Trends since 2009 so an apprroximately 20% increase.

Cannabis users entering treatment in the EU (updated June 2021)
Infographic shows price and purity for cannabis resin and herbal in EU. Price for resin is on average between 7 and 12 euros and for herbal betwen 8 and 13. Resin is about twice as potent. Price is fairly stable since 2009 but potency has increased a lot.

Cannabis price and potency in the European Union (updated June 2021)
Infographic shows different charts illustrating the characteristics of cocaine users enterng treatment. They are mainly male and use cocaine more than once a week. Most sniff cocaine. Between 2009 and 2019, numbers entering treatment in EU are similar.

Cocaine users entering treatment in the EU (updated June 2021)
Graphic showing seizures of cannabis resin and herb in the EU in 2019. While numbers for quantities of seizures are similar (approximately 350000 in the EU), the quantity in weight of cannabis resin seized is two to three times greater than for herb.

Cannabis seizures in the EU (updated June 2021)
Graphic showing number and quantity of seizures of cocaine in the EU in 2021. Approximately 100000 seizures in number and a little over 200 tonnes in weight.

Cocaine seizures in the EU (updated June 2021)
graphic shows price and purity information for cocaine in the EU, 2019. Average price per gram is between 54 and 83 Euros. Purity is on average about 60%. Since 2009, price has remained stable but purity has incresed by approximately 50%.

Cocaine price and purity in the European Union (updated June 2021)
Infographic giving an overview of characteristics of amphetamine users entering treatment in EU in 2019. 75% are male. They use on average 4 times a week. Most users sniff and the highest number of users are located in countrries in Eastern Europe.

Amphetamine users entering treatment in the EU (updated June 2021)
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