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European Drug Report 2022: Trends and Developments

14.06.2022

The Trends and Developments report presents the EMCDDA’s latest analysis of the drug situation in Europe. Focusing on illicit drug use, related harms and drug supply, the report contains a comprehensive set of national data across these themes and key harm-reduction interventions.

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Drug-related deaths (DRD) in Europe: updates from the annual meeting of the EMCDDA DRD expert network 30 September – 1 October 2021

25.11.2021

On 30 September and 1 October 2021, the EMCDDA brought together more than 60 European and international experts for the annual meeting on the key indicator Drug-related deaths. The online meeting provided a space for sharing and discussing new data, studies and experiences at regional, national and...

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Drug-related deaths and mortality in Europe: update from the EMCDDA expert network

11.05.2021

This report provides an update on drug-related deaths in Europe based primarily on presentations and discussions held at the 2019 meeting of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) expert network on drug-related deaths. The meeting brought together experts and...

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European Drug Report 2019: Trends and Developments

06.06.2019

The Trends and Developments report presents a top-level overview of the drug phenomenon in Europe, covering drug supply, use and public health problems as well as drug policy and responses. Together with the online Statistical Bulletin and 30 Country Drug Reports, it makes up the 2019 European Drug...

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An analysis of post-mortem toxicology practices in drug-related death cases in Europe

16.04.2019

The objective of this report is to provide an updated analysis of the post-mortem toxicology practices of drug-related deaths (DRD) in Europe and to discuss the effect of these practices on the monitoring of DRDs. It is based on the results of a project that consisted of two components: a scoping...

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An overview of the drug-related deaths (DRD) key indicator

31.03.2017

This document gives an overview of the drug-related deaths (DRD) indicator, one of five key epidemiological indicators used by the EMCDDA for the collection and interpretaion of harmonised, good quality data at European level. It is written in an easy to understand manner and is intended for a wide...

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Mortality cohort guidelines

01.11.2012

Drug-related mortality is a complex phenomenon, which accounts for a considerable percentage of deaths among young people in many European countries. The EMCDDA, in collaboration with national experts, has defined an epidemiological indicator with two components at present: deaths directly caused...

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Mortality related to drug use in Europe

01.11.2011

This Selected issue focuses on mortality among drug users due to all causes, of which drug-induced deaths (overdoses) is only a component, albeit the one most well-documented. The publication begins with an introduction to mortality cohort studies and then reviews the findings on overall mortality...

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EMCDDA standard protocol to collect data and report figures for the key indicator drug-related deaths (DRD-Standard, version 3.2)

01.06.2010

This is the DRD-Standard, the current protocol for the EMCDDA's drug-related deaths (DRD) indicator, one of five key epidemiological indicators used by the EMCDDA for the collection and interpretaion of harmonised, good quality data at European level. There are two main sources of information on...

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EMCDDA standard protocol to collect data and report figures for the key indicator drug-related deaths (DRD-Standard, version 3.0)

01.08.2002

This is the DRD-Standard, the current protocol for the EMCDDA's drug-related deaths (DRD) indicator, one of five key epidemiological indicators used by the EMCDDA for the collection and interpretaion of harmonised, good quality data at European level. There are two main sources of information on...

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Co-ordination of the implementation of the EMCDDA standard guidelines on the drug-related deaths indicator in the EU Member States, and the collection and analysis of information on drug-related deaths

01.07.2002

This is the final report for an EMCDDA project carried out with the assistance of the Trimbos Institute, and in collaboration with Eurostat and WHO, to develop and test guidelines for ICD (10th edition) based general mortality registries. As an additional output, the project elaborated a first...

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DRD standard version 1.0 field trial report

01.04.2001

This 2001 document is the final report of a field trial conducted on DRD-Standard, version 1.0. The report describes the results of the field trial, which was conducted with the aim of testing the feasibility of implementing the standard in the European Union Member States.

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Quality and comparability of data on drug-related deaths (feasibility study)

01.07.1998

This is the final report of a feasibility study on proposals to improve the quality and comparability of data on drug-related (DRD) deaths. The study, co-ordinated by the Trimbos Institute in the Netherlands, collected data on drug-related deaths in the EU Member States and tested the feasibility...

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Literature review of studies of mortaility and feasibility study for a common methodology

01.12.1997

This is the final report of the EMCDDA project 'Review of scientific studies of mortality among drug users and feasibility study for a common methodology for monitoring overall and cause-specific mortality among drug users in Member States.' The project was developed according to the following...
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