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Transmitted through the sharing of needles, syringes and other injecting equipment, hepatitis C is the most common infectious disease among injecting drug users in Europe today. In this analysis, the EMCDDA looks...

The conference will review the 'state of the art' in this emerging discipline, providing an opportunity to present latest research findings, methodological developments and new applications. This multidisciplinary event will bring together...

Molecular structure of 1-(1H-indol-5-yl)propan-2-amine (5-IT).

For most people affected by drug use problem, there are family members who are affected also. The negative consequence can be more serious when it is a mother who is using drugs.

The use of illicit drugs and psychoactive medicines amongst drivers, particularly when combined with alcohol, is described today in a new report from the EMCDDA. The 'state of the art' review presents...

Molecular structure of 1-(4-methylphenyl)propan-2-amine (4-methylamphetamine, 4-MA).

For more information the signing ceremony, see this news item.

On 21 September 2010, James Mack, Executive Secretary of CICAD, visited the EMCDDA in Lisbon for talks with EMCDDA Director Wolfgang Götz. The focus of the visit was the endorsement of a...

Molecular structure of 2-(methylamino)-1-(p-tolyl)propan-1-one (4-methylmethcathinone, 4-MMC, mephedrone).

Wolfgang Götz, EMCDDA Director, and James Mack, Executive Secretary of Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna (2010).