Dr Lorraine Nolan, EUDA Executive Director
EUDA Executive Director, Dr Lorraine Nolan, addressed the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) today, setting out the priorities of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Agencies’ Network (JHAAN) for 2026.
The EUDA took over the JHAAN presidency from the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) on 1 January…
Read more
Addressing drug-related challenges in prisons is a key component of wider public health and security efforts. As the drug use experience of the prison population often reflects wider societal trends, responses in these environments play an important role in identifying drug trends and addressing potential drug-related issues.
This week, the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) brought together experts in Lisbon for a two-day meeting ‘Prison and drugs: increasing the preparedness of prisons to address the drug phenomenon’. The event (17–18 March) took place under the EUDA’s one-year presidency…
Read more
The latest findings from the largest European project monitoring illicit drug use through 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 European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA). This year’s findings highlight a marked decline in MDMA residues across the participating cities, alongside strong increases in ketamine and cocaine detections.
The project analysed wastewater in 115 European cities from 25 countries (23 EU, Norway + Türkiye) to explore the drug-taking behaviours of…
Read more
