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Screenshot of a presentation from the EMCDDA webinar on prison and drugs

EMCDDA webinar: Prison and drugs in Europe: current and future challenges

June 2021
Video Screenshot of EMCDDA Director Alexis Goosdeel

Spotlight: Impact of COVID-19 on EMCDDA activities

June 2021
Video screenshot of the press conference on occasion of the European Drug Report launch with Kathryn Robertson, Media relations, and EMCDDA Director Alexis Goosdeel seated in the launch studio.

Video: Launch of the 2021 European Drug Report: Online media event

June 2021
Screenshot of a presentation from the EMCDDA webinar on the Summer School

EMCDDA Webinar: EMCDDA drugs schools and the next generation of drug professionals

June 2021
Video Screenshot of Commissioner Ylva Johansson

Video: Launch of the 2021 European Drug Report: speech by Commissioner Ylva Johansson

June 2021
Video Screenshot of Chair of the EMCDDA Management Board Laura d’Arrigo

Video: Launch of the 2021 European Drug Report: speech by the Chair of the EMCDDA Management Board Laura d’Arrigo

June 2021
Image of a port with container ships seen from top with the text 'A record 213 tonnes of cocaine were seized in 2019'

Video: European Drug Report 2021 — highlights

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)

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)

June 2021
status for benzodiazepines.1960s: Librium, first to market. 1984 32 benzodiazepines. 1990 Midazolam. 1995 Flunitrazepam. 2016 Phenazepam. 2020 Etizolam and Flualprazolam

Timeline of the international control status of benzodiazepines

June 2021
Timeline showing the year in which different new benzodiazepines were notified to the EU’s Early Warning System. The first, Phenazepam, was notified in 2007. A A total of 30 have been notified by 2020, most between the years 2014 and 2018.

Timeline of benzodiazepines formally notified to the EU Early Warning System for the first time, 2007–2020

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)

June 2021
graphic showing seizures of amphetamine in the EU in 2019. 34000 seizures were made and 17 tonnes in weight. Including Turkey and Norway, the number of seizures was 41000 and the weight seized 20.3 tonnes

Amphetamine seizures in the EU (updated June 2021)

June 2021
Graphics shows price and purity in the EU for amphetamine in 2019. Average price is betwen 10 and 25 Euro per gram. Purity is between 20 to 35 %, Since 2009, prices are stable but purity has increased over 60%,

Amphetamine price and purity in the European Union (updated June 2021)

June 2021
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)

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

June 2021
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)

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)

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)

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)

June 2021
Video Screenshot of Sandrine Sleiman

Spotlight on our activities: Reitox network

June 2021
Video Screenshot of Marco Costa

Spotlight on our activities: Switch to remote working

June 2021
Video Screenshot of Marica Ferri

Spotlight on our activities: EMCDDA webinars

May 2021
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Spotlight on our activities: New psychoactive substances

May 2021
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Spotlight on our activities: Impact of COVID-19 on EU drug markets

May 2021
Video screenshot of EMCDDA staff member Ilze Jekabsone

Spotlight on our activities: Impact of COVID-19 in ENP countries

May 2021
Video screenshot of EMCDDA staff member Alessandro Pirona

Spotlight on our activities: Trendspotter studies

May 2021
Figure 8 showing Changes in the mean weekly amounts of amphetamine residues from wastewater analyses in selected European cities between 2019 and 2020

Infographic: Changes in the mean weekly amounts of amphetamine residues from wastewater analyses in selected European cities between 2019 and 2020

April 2021

Infographic: Changes in amphetamine residues from wastewater analyses in 29 European cities during the first lockdown period compared with before the pandemic (left) and after the first lockdown period (right)

April 2021

Infograpic: Proportion of all amphetamine samples submitted for testing to drug-checking services containing only the expected substance (amphetamine) in nine European cities in 2019 and 2020

April 2021
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