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Concurrent use of benzodiazepine by heroin users-what are the prevalence and the risks associated with this pattern of use?

December 2018
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Drug checking as a harm reduction tool for recreational drug users: opportunities and challenges

October 2017

A number of European countries have implemented drug checking with the aim of providing targeted preventive messages to recreational drug users. This approach, which is more individualised than mass media campaigns, provides an incentive for drug users to participate in a dialogue about prevention...
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Responding to the needs of ageing drug users

October 2017

Older people with drug problems (OPDP) are considered those aged 40 or over whose recurrent drug use is causing them harm or is placing them at a high risk of such harm OPDP are likely to encounter negative life outcomes due to their drug use and they have characteristics and trajectories distinct...
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Joining up sexual health and drug services to better meet client needs

October 2017

The aim of this paper is to focus on the harmful interaction between psychoactive drug use and sexual activity. It is acknowledged that in some individuals co-occurrence of drug consumption and sexual activity causes no apparent harm, but this group will not be considered here.
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Intoxication by gamma hydroxybutyrate and related analogues: Clinical characteristics and comparison between pure intoxication and that combined with other substances of abuse

August 2017
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Continuity and change: high-risk drug use and drug treatment in Europe 2014

December 2014

Meeting proceedings include the programme, summaries of all sessions and abstracts of presentations presented during the EMCDDA event incorporating the Treatment Demand and High-Risk Drug Use/Problem Drug Use key epidemiological indicators expert meetings. This meeting took place from the 23 to 26...
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Annual expert meeting on Drug-related deaths (DRD) and Drug-related infectious diseases (DRID) – Preliminary summary and highlights of the meeting

November 2014

Two EMCDDA expert meetings, dedicated to the agency’s drug-related deaths and mortality among drug users indicator (DRD) and the drug-related infectious diseases indicator (DRID), were held in Lisbon from 15–17 October. This three-day event gathering the DRD and DRID key indicator networks offered...