Season’s greetings and warm wishes for a peaceful 2024

As the curtain falls on 2023, we look back on a year steeped in significance for the EMCDDA. While we commemorated 30 years since the agency's creation, we also prepared for a future milestone and a fundamental shift in focus. New legislation entering into force on 30 June set us on a one-year transition course to becoming the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) on 2 July 2024. We look forward to writing this exciting new chapter and addressing the drugs problem with a stronger and extended mandate. When I reflect on the past 12 months, I feel proud of the way in which the EMCDDA team has…