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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

 

2010 ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE DRUGS PROBLEM IN EUROPE [10 November 2010]
http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/events/2010/annual-report

or

http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/annual-report/2010

or

http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/online/annual-report/2010

or

http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/attachements.cfm/att_120104_EN_EMCDDA_AR2010_EN.pdf

[full-text, 108 pages]

 

See Press Release 10 November 2010

Older drug users: a growing issue for Europe’s treatment services

‘Drug problems have no age limits’ — more older drug users seeking help, says EMCDDA

http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/news/2010/13

 

Consult the latest data and commentary on the drugs problem in Europe in the Annual report 2010 from the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA). The report, the agency’s flagship publication, offers an overview of the drug situation across the 27 EU Member States, Croatia, Turkey and Norway. Individual chapters dedicated to specific drugs are complemented by updates on: new drugs and emerging trends; drug-related infectious diseases and deaths; and current legal, political, social and health responses to Europe’s drugs problem.

 

Summary:

The report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe presents the EMCDDA's yearly overview of the drug phenomenon. This is an essential reference book for policymakers, specialists and practitioners in the drugs field or indeed anyone seeking the latest findings on drugs in Europe. Published every autumn, the report contains non-confidential data supported by an extensive range of figures.

 

Table of contents

Commentary

Policies and laws

Responding to drug problems in Europe — an overview

Cannabis

Amphetamines, ecstasy and hallucinogenic substances

Cocaine and crack cocaine

Opioid use and drug injection

Drug-related infectious diseases and drug-related deaths

New drugs and emerging trends

 

 

 

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