The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drugs Addiction
There were over 9000 fatal overdoses in Europe in 2016. Tackling this concerning issues remains a key priority for public health policy.
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drugs Addiction has published their latest perspective on drugs titled Preventing Overdose Deaths in Europe.
The analysis presents the latest facts and figures and describes particular risks that are associated with fatal and non-fatal overdoses. It also suggests a number of evidenced interventions that can be implemented to reduce the chances of harm and prevent overdose occurring.
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)
Health and social responses to drug problems: a European guide is a new publication from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). Included alongside the guide is a set of online materials. Together these provide a reference point for the planning, implementation and delivery of health and social responses to drug problems across Europe. In this way, the resource looks to assist those working to tackle such challenges. It also aims to inform the improvement of old programmes for intervention, as well as the development of new ones.
Pavlovská, A., Miovský, M., Babor, T. F. & Gabrhelík, R. (2017). Overview of the European university-based study programmes in the addictions field, Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 24:6, 485-491. DOI: 10.1080/09687637.2016.1223603
In 2015, the team from the Department of Addictology (First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague) in cooperation with our colleague from the Department of Community Medicine & Health Care, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Professor Thomas Babor, conducted an internet survey focused on mapping how many university-based programmes in the addictions field are available in European countries and what their characteristics are. It is a unique comprehensive attempt to prepare an overview of such programmes in Europe, being realized under...
European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction
The European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has released their latest European Drugs report.
Covering 30 European countries the report explores drug trends, developments in prevention and treatment, public health issues, supply and drug policy.
Available in 24 languages the report is free to download from the EMCDDA website: http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/edr2018
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