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Infographic: cannabis users entering treatment

07.06.2018

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Infographic: cocaine users entering treatment

07.06.2018

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Infographic: heroin users entering treatment

07.06.2018

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Motion graphic: European Drug Report 2018 — highlights

07.06.2018

What are the latest drug market trends and what are the factors driving them? What drugs are causing the most concern today? What are the most recent developments in drug prevention, treatment and policy? This video shows the highlights of the European Drug Report 2018, the EMCDDA's annual overview...

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2018 Country Drug Reports

07.06.2018

Country Drug Reports provide a top-level overview of the drug phenomenon in European countries, covering topics such as drug supply, drug use and public health problems as well as drug policy and responses. Each Country Drug Report focuses on a single country (28 EU Member States as well as Norway...

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EMCDDA Director visits Federal Office of Public Health, Switzerland

26.02.2018

EMCDDA Director Alexis Goosdeel is in Switzerland today for a two-day meeting with representatives of the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), the body responsible for evaluating and coordinating the Swiss federal policy on illicit drugs. The visit follows the signature of a working agreement...

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Infographic: Service needs and responses for some sub-groups of women with drug problems

25.10.2017

A gender-responsive approach is required to meet the needs of women who use drugs. This incorporates a consideration of women’s needs in all aspects of service design and delivery: structure and organisation, location, staffing (including access to female practitioners in all services), development...

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Responding to the needs of ageing drug users

24.10.2017

Older people with drug problems (OPDP) are considered those aged 40 or over whose recurrent drug use is causing them harm or is placing them at a high risk of such harm OPDP are likely to encounter...

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User-led interventions: an expanding resource?

24.10.2017

This short paper outlines the growth of user-led interventions across Europe in the problem (as opposed to recreational) drug sector over recent years. It starts by attempting to define and...

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Recovery, reintegration, abstinence, harm reduction: the role of different goals within drug treatment in the European context

24.10.2017

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the different goals of ‘drug treatment’ within a European context and the key implications for those planning or delivering health and social responses. The...

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Joining up sexual health and drug services to better meet client needs

24.10.2017

The aim of this paper is to focus on the harmful interaction between psychoactive drug use and sexual activity. It is acknowledged that in some individuals co-occurrence of drug consumption and...

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Infographic: Factors to be considered in stage 2: response or intervention selection

24.10.2017

The second stage, based on the needs assessment and defined objectives, is to decide on an appropriate response. There are potentially three ways of addressing this: extending or improving an existing response; importing an approach or programme that has been used elsewhere; or developing a new...

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Infographics: Interventions in place in European countries that can reduce opioid-related deaths

24.10.2017

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Infographic: Cannabis users entering treatment in Europe: trends over time and source of referral in 2015

24.10.2017

The number of first-time treatment entrants for cannabis problems in the European Union increased from 43 000 in 2006 to 76 000 in 2015.

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Infographic: Opioid substitution treatment in Europe: coverage and principal drug prescribed

24.10.2017

It is estimated that around 50 % of opioid-dependent persons in Europe receive some form of substitution treatment. National estimates vary from 10 % to 80 %, highlighting both the heterogeneous situation found in Europe in respect to treatment coverage and the fact that treatment provision remains...

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Infographic: Cocaine users entering treatment in Europe: trends over time and source of referral in 2015

24.10.2017

Overall, cocaine was the primary drug for around 63 000 clients entering specialised drug treatment, of whom around 28 000 were first-time clients. After a period of decline, the overall number of cocaine first-time treatment entrants has been stable since 2012.

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Infographic: Users of amphetamines entering treatment in Europe: trends over time and source of referral in 2015

24.10.2017

Approximately 34 000 clients entering specialised drug treatment in Europe in 2015 reported amphetamines as their primary drug. Around 14 000 were first-time clients.

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Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide

24.10.2017

Archived content: a more recent and up-to-date version of this publication is now available:Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide 2021 This guide and the associated package of online materials provides a reference point for planning or delivering health and social...

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EMCDDA publishes its first European guide on responding to drug problems

24.10.2017

How to respond to the problems of older heroin users? How to tackle deaths from highly potent fentanils? How to prevent harms from drug and alcohol use in festivals and clubs? These are among the questions explored by a new European guide released today by the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA)(1). Drawing...

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Policy and practice briefings: women with drug problems

24.10.2017

Women make up approximately a quarter of all people with serious drug problems and around one-fifth of all entrants to drug treatment in Europe. This policy and practice briefing provides an overview of the key issues, response options, evidence and implications for policy and practice.

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