Shedding light on drug-related hospital emergencies in Europe

Every year, thousands of people across Europe require hospital treatment for drug-related poisoning and other acute harms. In a new analysis published today, European Drug Emergencies Network (Euro-DEN Plus): data and analysis, the EUDA provides the latest findings on people who present with acute drug-toxicity to hospital emergency services. Drawing on data from 29 sentinel hospitals in 19 countries (18 EU Member States plus Norway), the results show that cocaine is the most commonly reported drug in these cases, that men account for three-quarters of the presentations, and that…