Download or read book European Drug Report 2018 written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trends and Developments report presents a toplevel overview of the drug phenomenon in Europe, covering drug supply, use and public health problems as well as drug policy and responses. Together with the online Statistical Bulletin and 30 Country Drug Reports, it makes up the 2018 European Drug Report package. This report is based on information provided to the EMCDDA by the EU Member States, the candidate country Turkey and Norway in an annual reporting process. The purpose of the current report is to prove an overview and summary of the European drug situation and responses to it. The statistical data reported here relate to 2016 (or the last year available). Analysis of trends is based only on those countries providing sufficient data to describe changes over the period specified. The reader should also be aware that monitoring patterns and trends in a hidden and stigmatised behaviour like drug use is both practically and methodologically challenging. For this reason, multiple sources of data are used for the purposes of analysis in this report. Although considerable improvements can be noted, both nationally and in respect to what is possible to achieve in a European level analysis, the methodological difficulties in this area must be acknowledged. Caution is therefore required in interpretation, in particular when countries are compared on any single measure. Caveats and qualifications relating to the data are to be found in the online version of this report and in the Statistical Bulletin, where detailed information on methodology, qualifications on analysis and comments on the limitations in the information set available can be found. Information is also available there on the methods and data used for European level estimates, where interpolation may be used.
Download or read book European Drug Report 2018 written by European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book European Drug Report 2014 written by European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book European Drug Policies written by Renaud Colson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The drug control regime established by the international community has not succeeded in curbing either the demand for, or the offer of, narcotics. But, despite a series of developments in the Americas – including the legalisation of cannabis in Uruguay and in several states in the United States of America – there is still little support in Europe for repealing drug-prohibition laws. Nevertheless, a gradual policy convergence reveals the emergence of a European model favouring public-health strategies over a strictly penal approach to combatting drugs, while growing transnational support for legalisation indicates the persistence of an alternative paradigm for drug policy. This book examines the various influences on drug policies in Europe, as grassroots movements, NGO networks, private foundations and academic research centres increasingly confront the prevailing discourses of drug prohibition. Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach and bringing together legal scholars, social scientists and practitioners, it provides a comprehensive and critical assessment of drug policy reform in Europe.
Download or read book Health at a Glance Europe 2018 State of Health in the EU Cycle written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-22 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health at a Glance: Europe 2018 presents comparative analyses of the health status of EU citizens and the performance of the health systems of the 28 EU Member States, 5 candidate countries and 3 EFTA countries.
Download or read book World Drug Report 2019 written by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2019 World Drug Report will include an updated overview of recent trends on production, trafficking and consumption of key illicit drugs. The Report contains a global overview of the baseline data and estimates on drug demand and supply and provides the reference point for information on the drug situation worldwide.
Download or read book Using Open source Information to Improve the European Drug Monitoring System written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper describes open-source information monitoring and how we use it at the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) in the area of drug markets -- what it is and, importantly, what it is not; the methodology for its use; what it can be used for; and its limitations. The EMCDDA first used this approach in 2016, to monitor for signs of serious and urgent health threats associated with new psychoactive substances, in order to support the work of the European Union Early Warning System. More recently, the technique has been extended to the area of European drug markets. This report describes how the EMCDDA uses open-source information monitoring, and presents the initial findings of a pilot project looking at how to improve the timeliness and quality of data with relevance to the analysis of European drug markets -- specifically with reference to data on heroin and cocaine seizures of 100 kg or more for the European market between April 2017 and March 2018. The report offers insights and recommendations for continued monitoring, which have implications for policy and practice as well as applications to other areas of the EMCDDA's work.
Download or read book The EU drugs strategy written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-03-16 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2008, an estimated 34billion euros was spent on the drugs problem in the EU. Much more needs to be done - and must be done - in the battle against the EU's drugs problem. The EU must be more effective in its fight against drugs trafficking, and should call on Member States to be more ready to learn from each other's experiences and to encourage cross-border dialogue between their local governments and cities. Following a six month-long inquiry, the Committee agree that the Member States should, as now, retain responsibility for their own drugs policies. They recommend that the new EU Strategy should concentrate on three key areas. Firstly, co-ordination, through Europol, of the fight against drug trafficking ensuring that any new measures actually reduce the supply of drugs and do not merely move trafficking elsewhere. Secondly, improvement of the collection, analysis, evaluation and distribution of information by the European Monitoring Centre. Thirdly, reliance on the EU's public health obligations and use of public health duties to encourage Member States to devote more resources to harm reduction and to engage in dispassionate and evidence-based discussions on how best to treat the possession and use of drugs. The Committee believes that the creation of a new drugs strategy, lasting until 2020, should provide the perfect platform for a wider and better informed public debate on different Member States' policies and approaches
Download or read book European Drug Report 2019 written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trends and Developments report presents a top-level overview of the drug phenomenon in Europe, covering drug supply, use and public health problems as well as drug policy and responses. Together with the online Statistical Bulletin and 30 Country Drug Reports, it makes up the 2019 European Drug Report package. This year’s report arrives at a critical time for reflection on drug policy developments, especially given the international debate on the appropriate follow-up to the United Nations special session on the world drug problem in 2016. Next year will see the final evaluation of the current EU drugs strategy (2013-20). During this period, Europe has witnessed some dramatic changes in the challenges the drugs area presents, including the appearance of more non-controlled substances. We have also seen significant changes in the drug market and drug use; and our understanding of what constitutes effective interventions has increased. A market dominated by plant-based substances imported into Europe has evolved into one where synthetic drugs and production within Europe have grown in importance. Globalisation and technological advances have reshaped the strategic issues that European policymakers need to consider. We are proud of the EMCDDA’s international reputation for keeping pace with these changes and providing the information necessary to help support the cooperation and coordination that the EU drug strategy envisages.
Download or read book European Drug Report 2022 written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trends and Developments report presents the EMCDDA's latest analysis of the drug situation in Europe. Focusing on illicit drug use, related harms and drug supply, the report contains a comprehensive set of national data across these themes and key harm reduction interventions.
Download or read book Extended Annual Report on the State of the Drugs Problem in the European Union written by European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book European Drug Report 2021 written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trends and Developments report presents the EMCDDA's latest analysis of the drug situation in Europe. Focusing on illicit drug use, related harms and drug supply, the report contains a comprehensive set of national data across these themes and key harm reduction interventions.
Download or read book EU Drug Markets Report written by European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report explores the concept of the illicit drug market within the broader context of changing patterns of drug use, cultural and social factors and links to wider criminality. Drug markets continue to be one of the most profitable areas for organised crime groups (OCGs) and it is estimated that EU citizens spend over EUR 24 billion (range EUR 21 to 31 billion) every year on illicit drugs. The impacts that drug markets have on society are correspondingly large and go beyond the harms caused by drug use. They include involvement in other types of criminal activities and in terrorism; impacts on legal businesses and the wider economy; strain on and corruption of government institutions; and impacts on wider society.
Download or read book Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018 written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report provides an overview of alcohol consumption and harms in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Chapter 1) presents global strategies action plans and monitoring frameworks (Chapter 2) gives detailed information on: the consumption of alcohol in populations (Chapter 3); the health consequences of alcohol consumption (Chapter 4); and policy responses at national level (Chapter 5). In its final chapter 6 the imperative for reducing harmful use of alcohol in a public health perspective is presented. In addition the report contains country profiles for WHO Member States and appendices with statistical annexes a description of the data sources and methods used to produce the estimates and references.
Download or read book Drug related Homicide in Europe written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is part of the activity of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) around the development and improvement of drug supply indicators, which are designed to reflect developments in drug markets as well as the markets' wider harms and impact (EMCDDA, 2017). The impact of drugs and drug markets goes beyond those who are directly exposed health and social problems resulting from drugs. In a wider sense, the issue is of serious concern in relation to the security situation in Europe and may deeply affect neighbourhoods and local communities, as drug use and drug markets can act as cross-cutting facilitators of all types of violence (EMCDDA and Europol, 2016; 2019), including drug-related homicide (DRH). DRH has the potential to act as a valuable indicator of wider drug-related violent crime and thus improve our understanding of the broader ramifications of drug markets. Comparing countries' DRH levels can be a valuable tool for identifying trends and new threats. So far, the EMCDDA has invested in exploring how data and information on DRH can be improved at European level. An audit was conducted of academic research and data sources on DRH at national and European/international levels (EMCDDA, 2018). This initial work identified a range of challenges for data collection as well as inconsistencies in the data currently available in this area. These challenges illustrated the more general difficulty of quantifying the drug-crime relationship. To overcome the obstacles, the EMCDDA explored how an existing European homicide data-gathering platform - the European Homicide Monitor (EHM) - could be expanded to include specific DRH variables. The EHM is an international coding system that operationalises homicide characteristics using common definitions. It relies on information from the police, official criminal justice records, autopsy reports and auxiliary sources in the public domain. The EHM platform was augmented with specific drug-related variables, and a specific DRH data collection protocol was pilot tested in the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden (EMCDDA, 2019). Following on from the 2018 and 2019 reports, this publication contains a revised version of the DRH data protocol, embedded in and extending the original framework for standardised general homicide data collection at European Union level. Both previous EMCDDA reports highlighted the importance of DRH as an indicator of drug-related violent crime in general, which can potentially provide an opportunity for an increased understanding of the harms and consequences of illicit drug markets. It is intended that this protocol will facilitate prospective research and the monitoring of trends in drugrelated homicide in Europe, providing greater scope for identifying new drug-related security threats.
Download or read book Club Drugs and Novel Psychoactive Substances written by Owen Bowden-Jones and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-08 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging illicit drugs pose a significant clinical challenge. This handbook offers an engaging, concise guide to managing these challenges.
Download or read book European Drug Report 2020 written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trends and Developments report presents the EMCDDA's latest analysis of the drug situation in Europe. Focusing on illicit drug use, related harms and drug supply, the report contains a comprehensive set of national data across these themes and key harm reduction interventions.
