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The EMCDDA would like to offer its warmest congratulations to former colleague Julián Vicente who has been awarded with the Spanish Cruz Blanca de la Orden al Mérito del Plan Nacional sobre...

Analysing potential futures to support decision-making today is an approach increasingly used in a world characterised by rapid, volatile and complex change. More and more organisations, including EU bodies, are now integrating...

The latest findings from the largest European project in the science of wastewater analysis are released today in Wastewater analysis and drugs — a European multi-city study, published by the Europe-wide SCORE...

(20.03.2023) EMCDDA Director Alexis Goosdeel starts an official three-day visit to Austria today where he will meet with high-level officials including the Minister of Health, Johannes Rauch, and Minister of Justice, Dr...

An EMCDDA delegation is attending the sixty-sixth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) in Vienna this week (13-17 March), where it is providing technical support to the European Commission and...

Women make up approximately a quarter of all people with serious drug problems in Europe and around one-fifth of all entrants to drug treatment. Yet much still needs to be done to...

The EMCDDA Scientific Committee, meeting in Lisbon this week, re-elected its Chair and Vice Chair and welcomed four new members. Chair Prof. Dr. Catherine Comiskey (Ireland) and Vice-Chair Prof. Dr. Henri Bergeron...

Bursaries for the 2023 European Drugs Summer School (EDSS) are currently being offered through the EMCDDA’s Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance 8 ( IPA8) project. Professionals, academics or experts from the Western Balkans...

Two bursaries for the 2023 European Drugs Summer School (EDSS) are currently being offered through EMCDDA’s EU4Monitoring Drugs II ( EU4MD II) project. Professionals, academics or experts from the European Neighbourhood Policy...

Message from the Director 1/2023 I am delighted to announce today the publication of the latest EMCDDA work programme, which outlines our activities for 2023–2025 ( 1). This period promises to be...

Two bursaries covering the registration fee for the 2023 European Drugs Summer School (EDSS) are currently being offered through the EMCDDA’s partnership with the COPOLAD III programme. Professionals, academics or experts from...

A working arrangement was signed this morning in Madrid between FIIAPP/Spanish Cooperation and the EMCDDA in order to train and update the knowledge and experience of experts responsible for recording and analysing...

(08.02.2023) On this day, 30 years ago, the adoption of Council Regulation (EEC) No 302/93 heralded the birth of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). This represented a...

(07.02.2023) European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson is visiting the Port of Antwerp today, following the continued rise in the quantity of cocaine seized at the port. The Commissioner will be...

This month, the EMCDDA has launched two new projects which will intensify its cooperation with the Western Balkans and the European Neighbourhood Policy area (ENP). The EU-funded projects, running until the end...

This month sees the start of a new phase of collaboration between the EMCDDA and Ukraine following the signing of a Working Arrangement between the agency and the Ukrainian Ministry of Health...

Professionals, academics or experts from Latin American and Caribbean countries (LAC) ( 1) will have an opportunity to participate in the European Drugs Winter School (EDWS) this year, thanks to two bursaries...

This month, Sweden took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU with a pledge to focus on security, competitiveness, green and energy transitions, democratic values and the rule of...

This month, the Czech six-month Presidency of the Council of the EU draws to a close. With the motto ‘Rebuild, Rethink, Repower’, the Presidency focused on five key priorities: managing the refugee...

On 16 December, the EMCDDA held the first ‘Technical expert meeting on hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) and related semi-synthetic cannabinoids (SSCs)’ as part of its ongoing work to support EU and national preparedness and...