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New EMCDDA report highlights greater diversity of cannabis products, increasing potency and the need for close monitoring of health effects

25.06.2019

Cannabis products have become increasingly diverse in Europe and close monitoring of their potency and potential health effects is essential.

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Cocaine seizures at record levels in a competitive drug market

06.06.2019

Europe is seeing signs of an increase in cocaine availability, with seizures of the drug at record levels.

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Innovative EMCDDA monitoring method sheds light on changes in Europe’s cocaine market

13.12.2018

The latest changes in Europe’s cocaine market are explored in a new report published today by the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA).

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Alexis Goosdeel meets new Executive Director of Europol

17.07.2018

EMCDDA Director Alexis Goosdeel today visited his new counterpart at Europol, Ms Catherine De Bolle in the first official meeting between the two heads of agencies.

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EMCDDA: resurgence of cocaine in a dynamic drug market

07.06.2018

Evidence of increased cocaine availability is highlighted by the EMCDDA today in its European Drug Report 2018: Trends and Developments released in Brussels. The development occurs in the context of a dynamic drug market which is able to adapt rapidly in response to drug control measures.

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EMCDDA releases its first analysis on monitoring drug-related homicide in Europe

25.05.2018

An EMCDDA Paper released today provides an overview of the information available on drug-related homicide (DRH) in Europe. This first snapshot provides practitioners and policymakers with the current state of the art on this topic.

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Experts to examine the influence of cyberspace on criminal activities and responses to them

11.04.2017

Leading European and international experts are meeting in Lisbon this week for meetings around the theme of the internet, the exploitation of cyberspace and the transformational nature of new technologies.

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New report highlights wide-ranging impact of EU drug markets on society

05.04.2016

Europeans spend at least EUR 24 billion on illicit drugs each year, making it one of the main profit-generating activities for organised criminals in Europe.

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New EMCDDA report: the internet and drug markets

11.02.2016

How do online drug markets function? What technologies do they use? How do they relate to the traditional drug market? How can they be monitored and controlled?

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New EMCDDA trendspotter study explores online supply of drugs

30.01.2015

Social media were found to play an active role in drug markets, whether used directly for buying and selling drugs or indirectly for marketing, opinion-forming or experience-sharing.

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New drugs cause fundamental shift in Europe’s drug market

28.05.2013

The number, type and availability of new drugs in Europe continued to increase in 2012, according to a report released today by the EMCDDA and Europol (1).

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EU drugs agency raises concerns over complex stimulant market and plethora of powders and pills

15.11.2012

Europe is faced with an increasingly complex stimulant market, in which consumers are confronted with a wide variety of powders and pills.

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Latest analysis highlights changing trends in illicit production of amphetamine in Europe

15.12.2011

Increased capacity and sophistication in the illicit amphetamine market are among developments reviewed in the EMCDDA–Europol analysis Amphetamine: a European Union perspective in the global context

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