Data from drug checking services across Europe provide us with valuable insights into drug market dynamics and can help warn users of dangerous substances in circulation. Analysing such data is part of the EMCDDA's multi-indicator approach to drug monitoring and provides crucial information for local interventions. Today, the EMCDDA has released the latest drug-checking data from the Trans-European Drug Information (TEDI) network, with which it has been collaborating since 2017.
The data are presented in interactive maps, which allow individuals to look at geographical and temporal…
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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 group, in association with the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA). The rise in cocaine detections across around 50 European cities takes centre stage in this year's study, continuing the upward trend observed since 2016. For the first time, international data (e.g. from Brazil, New Zealand, United States) are presented and comparisons made with European study locations.
The project analysed…
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An EMCDDA delegation is in Chisinau today for a visit to the Republic of Moldova under the EU4Monitoring Drugs II project (EU4MD II). The visit is organised in close cooperation with the Moldovan Ministry of Health, Ministry of Internal Affairs and the EU Delegation to the Republic of Moldova.
The purpose of the two-day visit is to review ongoing cooperation between the EMCDDA and its Moldovan partners. The delegation will learn about the state of play on the creation of a national drug observatory, a national Early Warning System on new psychoactive substances (NPS) and the collection of…
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