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Infographics: Interventions in place in European countries that can reduce opioid-related deaths

24.10.2017

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Preventing and reducing drug overdoses — a priority for the EMCDDA

30.08.2017

International Overdose Awareness Day is an annual event, held on 31 August, to raise awareness of overdose and reduce the stigma of drug-related death (1). The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) marks the day by highlighting its latest figures on overdose deaths in Europe and expressing support for...

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EMCDDA highlights growing threats posed by new and established substances

06.06.2017

Rising overdose deaths, the continued availability of new psychoactive substances and the growing health threat of highly potent synthetic opioids are among the issues highlighted today by the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) as it launches its European Drug Report 2017: Trends and Developments in Brussels...

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Video: Drug consumption rooms

28.05.2015

Supervised drug consumption facilities, where illicit drugs can be used under the supervision of trained staff, have been operating in Europe for the last three decades. These facilities primarily aim to reduce the acute risks of disease transmission through unhygienic injecting, prevent drug-...

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Evaluation of drug consumption rooms (Denmark)

20.05.2015

In 2015, the Ministry of Health carried out an evaluation based on the 2014 annual reports provided by the municipal authorities of the three cities with permission to establish and operate drug...

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Injection site infections and injuries in men who inject image- and performance-enhancing drugs: prevalence, risks factors, and healthcare seeking

05.01.2015

This study examined the factors associated with reported symptoms of injection site infections and injuries in IPED injectors.

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Harm reduction: evidence, impacts and challenges

01.04.2010

The EMCDDA’s 10th scientific monograph, entitled Harm reduction: evidence, impacts and challenges provides a comprehensive overview of the harm reduction field. Part I of the monograph looks back at the emergence of harm reduction approaches and their diffusion, and explores the concept from...

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Overdose — a major cause of avoidable death among young people

12.01.2005

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.

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Report on drug consumption rooms

24.03.2004

The European report on drug consumption rooms describes what consumption rooms are and why and how they came about; whom they target, which specific objectives they have and how they function. It summarises available evidence on the expected benefits and risks of such facilities. Expected benefits...

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European report on drug consumption rooms, 2004

16.02.2004

Consumption rooms are protected places for the hygienic consumption of preobtained drugs in a non-judgemental environment and under the supervision of trained staff (Akzept, 2000). They constitute a highly specialised drugs service within a wider network of services for drug users, embedded in...

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Drug injecting challenges public health policy

01.07.2002

Drug injecting is rare. It is stigmatised by the public and, on the whole, by drug users themselves. But, though limited to a small minority, injecting accounts for most of the severe health consequences of drug use in Europe today, such as drug-related deaths and infectious diseases. Reducing such...

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