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EMCDDA Management Board elects new Chair and Vice-Chair

04.12.2015

The EU drugs agency Management Board kicked off a two-day meeting in Lisbon today, holding elections for Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board (1). Laura d’Arrigo (France), Diplomatic advisor at the French Interministerial Mission for Combating Drugs and Addictive Behaviours (Mission...

New EMCDDA report explores combined mental health and substance use disorders

27.11.2015

The co-existence of mental illness and psychoactive drug or other substance use problems — otherwise known as ‘comorbidity’ or ‘dual diagnosis’ — is an issue which has been on the radar of the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) for over a decade (1). As concern around the issue grows, the EMCDDA publishes...

Over 40 countries attend 2015 Reitox week in Lisbon

24.11.2015

Representatives of candidate, potential candidate and neighbouring countries of the EU are joining members of the EMCDDA’s Reitox network in Lisbon today for the kick-off of the agency’s fourth Reitox week (1). The purpose of this annual event is to broaden the scope of regular Reitox meetings,...

EU drugs agency boosts cooperation with Georgian Ministry of Justice

04.11.2015

EMCDDA Director Wolfgang Götz and the Georgian Minister of Justice Tea Tsulukiani are meeting in Tbilisi today to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The agreement, between the agency and the Ministry of Justice, will boost cooperation between the two bodies in monitoring the drugs problem...

4,4'-DMAR and MT-45 to be placed under control across the EU

20.10.2015

Europe has responded to rising concerns over the use of two new drugs by subjecting them to ‘control measures and criminal penalties’ throughout the Union. The implementing decision of the Council of the EU (1), published in the Official Journal of the European Union today, was adopted in the final...

EMCDDA co-hosts ‘Testing the waters 2015’

09.10.2015

The EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) is co-hosting next week in Ascona, Switzerland, the second international conference on wastewater analysis: ‘Testing the waters 2015’. The event, to be held from 11–15 October, is organised by the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), in...

Minimum quality standards for drug demand reduction interventions in the EU

28.09.2015

On 14 September 2015, the Council of the European Union adopted Council conclusions on the implementation of minimum quality standards in drug demand reduction in the EU. This innovative initiative lists 16 standards that represent a minimum benchmark of quality for interventions in: drug use...

Speech by Wolfgang Götz, EMCDDA Director at the Lisbon Addictions Conference 2015

23.09.2015

Dear Secretary of State for Health, Dear Director General of SICAD, Dear Representative from the European Commission, Dear Colleagues and participants, It is a great pleasure for me to be here today and to say a few words at the opening of Lisbon Addictions 2015, the First European conference on...

Annual award ceremony to celebrate excellence in scientific writing on illicit drugs

22.09.2015

The winners of the 2015 EMCDDA scientific paper award will gather in Lisbon on 23 September for the fifth annual paper award ceremony hosted by the EU agency (1). The acclaimed writers will receive a non-monetary prize for their articles in the margins of the Lisbon Addictions 2015 conference...

EMCDDA conference: 20 years of monitoring and communicating evidence on drugs

18.09.2015

Venue: Conference Centre, Praça Europa 4, Cais do Sodré, 1249-206, Lisbon Understanding the dynamics, nature and scale of drug use in Europe, including lessons learnt and challenges for the future, will be the thrust of an EMCDDA technical conference being held in Lisbon from 21–22 September (1)....

EMCDDA Management Board selects new Director

10.09.2015

Alexis Goosdeel (Belgium) was selected today to become the new Director of the Lisbon-based European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). Following a public recruitment procedure, the agency’s Management Board, meeting in Lisbon this week, interviewed three candidates short-...

EMCDDA Director Wolfgang Götz receives award for services to the Republic of Austria

08.09.2015

EMCDDA Wolfgang Götz will be guest of honour at the Austrian Embassy in Lisbon this evening where he will be awarded the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria (1). The award will be bestowed on Mr Götz by His Excellency the Ambassador of Austria Thomas Stelzer (...

EMCDDA celebrates 20 years of monitoring

02.09.2015

This year, the EMCDDA commemorates 20 years of monitoring the drugs problem in Europe. Over the last two decades, much has changed in the extent and nature of the phenomenon. In 1995, when the agency embarked on its mission (1), the EU was in the midst of a heroin epidemic, with drug policy...

EU drugs agency steps up cooperation with National Security Council of Armenia

28.07.2015

The European Union and Armenia will cooperate more actively on monitoring the drug phenomenon in future, thanks to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed today in Yerevan between the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) and the National Security Council of Armenia (NSC). The agreement was signed by EMCDDA...

EMCDDA staff member receives award from the Cyprus Antidrug Council

26.06.2015

Alexis Goosdeel, EMCDDA Head of unit for Reitox and international cooperation, is in Nicosia today to receive an award from the national drug coordination committee, the Cyprus Antidrug Council, for his valuable contribution to its work since 2001 and to the creation of the national drug monitoring...

EMCDDA: Europe's cities offer valuable observation window on new drug trends

25.06.2015

Drug problems often emerge, and are most acutely felt, in urban environments, making Europe’s cities a valuable observation window on new drug trends. In its latest report — released today ahead of International day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking (26 June) — the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA...

Annual meeting of the Reitox Early Warning System network

09.06.2015

The latest developments in monitoring and responding to new psychoactive substances (NPS/'new drugs') were discussed at the 15th annual meeting of the Reitox Early Warning System (EWS) network, held in Lisbon from 8–9 June. The meeting opened with a summary of the findings of the 2014 EMCDDA–...

EMCDDA explores new dynamics and dimensions of Europe’s drugs problem

04.06.2015

Changing dynamics in the heroin market, the latest implications of cannabis use and new features and dimensions of the stimulant and ‘new drugs’ scene, are among the issues highlighted by the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) today as it launches its European Drug Report 2015: Trends and Developments in...

Delegation of Irish Parliament to visit EMCDDA

03.06.2015

A delegation of members of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality of the Irish Parliament will visit the EMCDDA on 4 and 5 June. The Attaché of the Embassy of of Ireland in Portugal, Ms Ana von Holst, will accompany the delegation. The members of the Irish Parliament will attend...

EMCDDA underlines growing importance of effective treatment for cannabis use

21.04.2015

Providing effective treatment for those with cannabis use disorders is likely to become a matter of growing importance in European drug policy. This is according to the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) today as it launches a new in-depth study: Treatment of cannabis-related disorders in Europe. Cannabis...
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