Just published: 2024 ESPAD key findings

A total of 113 882 students (aged 15–16-years) participated in this latest survey round, responding to an anonymous questionnaire. This edition marks 30 years of monitoring adolescent risky behaviours across Europe.

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Spotlight

EU Drug Market: MDMA
2024 A year of transformation
2024: a year of transformation
European Web Survey on Drugs 2024
European Web Survey on Drugs (EWSD) 2024
European Drug Report 2024
IPA data sheets
IPA data sheets (Western Balkans)
Wastewwater and drugs, a multi-city study
Wastewater analysis and drugs — explore the latest data
European Drug Emergencies Network (Euro-DEN Plus): data and analysis
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FAQ: therapeutic use of psychedelic substances
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Frequently asked questions (FAQ): drug overdose deaths in Europe
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Viral hepatitis elimination barometer among people who inject drugs
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Drug checking data from the Trans European Drugs Information (TEDI) network
European Responses Guide
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Cannabis laws in Europe: questions and answers for policymaking
EU Drug Markets Analysis: Key insights for policy and practice
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European Syringe Collection and Analysis Project Enterprise (ESCAPE): data and key findings

Latest news

New ESPAD survey results
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Coming soon: European Drug Report 2025 to be released on 5 June
Latest study on Europe's ecstasy market reveals new trends in production and trafficking
Alexis Goosdeel at award ceremony
Gold Medal awarded to EUDA Executive Director for contribution to drug policy
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Latest wastewater data from 128 European cities: more stimulants but less cannabis found
Panel of speakers at CND side event: Shaping the future: preparedness for a changing drug landscape
CND 2025 side event — Shaping the future: preparedness for a changing drug landscape
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Publications

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ESPAD 2024 key findings
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2024: a year of transformation
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Foresights Framework Scenarios for 2040
EU Drug Market: MDMA
Wastewater and drugs, a multi-city study
Wastewater analysis and drugs — a European study
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EUDA SPD 2025-2027
European Web Survey on Drugs with 24 EU countries + Norway
European Web Survey on Drugs 2024: top-level findings
European Web Survey on Drugs Western Balkans
European Web Survey on Drugs 2024: top-level findings, Western Balkans
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The EU Early Warning System monitors 1000 NPS
Instrument for pre-accession assistance (IPA) data sheets
IPA data sheets
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European Drug Report 2024
EU Drug Markets: In-depth analysis
European Responses Guide
Prison and drugs in Europe
Cover of the publication Cannabis laws in Europe
Cannabis laws in Europe
Wastewater and drugs, a multi-city study
Wastewater analysis and drugs — a European study
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European Web Survey on Drugs 2021: EU countries
European Prevention Curriculum handbook
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Events

DCRs Symposium 2025
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Strasbourg, France
Pompidou Group International Symposium on drug consumption rooms (DCRs)
Conference
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Lisbon, Portugal
European Drugs Summer School (EDSS) 2025
Training
Brussels, Belgium
EMA's 30th anniversary scientific conference
Conference
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Conference Centre
Legal and policy correspondents’ (LPC) network meeting 2025
EUDA expert meeting
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Videos

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ESPAD–EUDA webinar: European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD)
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Launch: EU Drug Markets – MDMA (EUDA-Europol webinar)
EUDA webinar thumbnail low-threshold programmes
EUDA webinar: Low-threshold employment programmes — can they be social reintegration gateways?
EUDA webinar thumbnail Copolad prison
EUDA webinar: Health and social responses for drugs in prisons — implications for Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe
EUDA webinar thumbnail Copolad women
EUDA webinar: Health and social responses for women who use drugs — perspectives from Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe
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EUDA webinar: Preventing substance-related crime in the community — how can we provide safer and healthier environments?
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Data visualisations

Bar chart showing Age distribution (percent) of drug-induced deaths reported in the European Union, Norway and Türkiye in 2022 or the most recent year
Age distribution (percent) of drug-induced deaths reported in the European Union, Norway and Türkiye in 2022 or the most recent year (updated June 2024)
Area graph showing number of drug-induced deaths by country in Europe from 2010 to 2022.
Trends in drug-induced deaths in the European Union, Norway and Türkiye (updated June 2024)
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Infographic. Methamphetamine users entering treatment in Europe (updated June 2024)
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Infographic. Amphetamine users entering treatment in Europe (updated June 2024)
Infographic Users entering treatment for cannabis in Europe from the European Drug Report 2024
Infographic. Users entering treatment for cannabis in Europe (updated June 2024)
Figure from European Drug Report 2024: Cocaine market in Europe
Dashboard. Cocaine market in Europe, price, purity, seizures (updated June 2024)
Figure 1.9 of the European Drug Report 2024 - Drug law offences – supply offences, indexed trends (2012 = 100)
Infographic. Drug law offences – supply offences, indexed trends (2012 = 100) (updated June 2024)
Figure 1.8 of the European Drug Report 2024 - Drug law offences – possession/use offences, indexed trends (2012 = 100)
Infographic. Drug law offences – possession/use offences, indexed trends (2012 = 100) (updated June 2024)
Figure 1.7. Drug law offences – number of offences, supply and use/possession, 2022
Infographic. Drug law offences — number of offences, supply and use/possession, 2022 (updated June 2024)
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