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Portuguese Head of State visits EMCDDA

21.12.2005

Reitox training Academy on selective prevention

15.12.2005

2005 Annual report information package

24.11.2005

Annual report 2005: focus on crime and prison

24.11.2005

New developments in drug policy and law

24.11.2005

Over half a million europeans now receive substitution treatment

24.11.2005

Infectious diseases, problem drug use and drug-related deaths

24.11.2005

Cocaine, amphetamines, ecstasy and cannabis: latest trends

24.11.2005

Latest on the drug problem across europe

07.11.2005

EMCDDA and Europol step up cooperation on drugs and crime

20.10.2005

The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) and the European law enforcement organisation, Europol, are set to step up cooperation on drugs and crime following a meeting between the two bodies in Lisbon today. At a special signing ceremony at the drugs agency, Director s Max-Peter Ratzel (Europol) and Wolfgang...

Vice-President of the European Commission at EMCDDA

23.09.2005

26 June: International day against drugs

23.06.2005

WHO and EMCDDA join forces

16.06.2005

New legal instrument on psychoactive substances

10.05.2005

The Council of the European Union has approved a legal instrument today that broadens the scope of EU action on new substances appearing on the drug scene in the Member States. The ‘Council decision on information exchange, risk assessment and control of new psychoactive substances’ (1), developed...

Profile - Wolfgang Götz

01.05.2005

Online information system hits milestone

18.03.2005

Male and female drug use: is the gap narrowing?

08.03.2005

Gender differences in patterns of drug use are addressed today by the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) in a technical paper marking International Women’s Day. According to the paper, men in the EU are still more likely than women to use illicit drugs. But there are concerns around possible signs of a ‘...

Illicit drug use in the EU: legislative approaches

11.02.2005

Overdose: a major cause of avoidable death among young people

12.01.2005

Co-morbidity: drug use and mental disorders

12.01.2005

Between 50% and 90% of drug users are reported to suffer from personality disorders and around one-fifth (15–20%) from more serious psychotic complaints. Yet mental disorders related to addiction are far less recognised than other factors associated with drug use, such as infectious diseases and...
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