Prison and drugs in Europe: Current and future challenges
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EMCDDA
Summary
This publication provides an overview of current knowledge and the latest developments in the field of drug use and prison in Europe.
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Prison and Drugs in Europe: Current and Future Challenges
Online,
Objective: to discuss the results of the report Prison and drugs in Europe: current and future challenges Insights with key customers.
Invited Stakeholders:
New Benzodiazepines in Europe – A Review
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EMCDDA
Summary
This report provides a technical review of the current body of knowledge regarding new benzodiazepines that are monitored by the EU Early Warning System.
The aims of this report are to strengthen situational awareness of new benzodiazepines in Europe and to help stakeholders prepare for and respond to public health and social threats caused by such substances.
Save the dates: Horizon Europe info-days take place between 28 June and 9 July 2021
The European Commission announces today the first edition of the Horizon Europe info-days, to take place online from 28 June to 9 July 2021. Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation with a budget of €95.5 billion. The 10-day event will give the opportunity to prospective applicants, and other stakeholders of EU research and innovation, to receive information and ask questions about the novelties, main funding instruments and processes of
Disseminating the European balanced approach on drugs through training
Online,
Objective: A conversation with former European Drugs School students on their careers and the legacy of the school.
Introduction: Marica Ferri (EMCDDA) and Isabel Flores (ISCTE-IPPS)
Chair: Alessandra Bo
Guests:
32nd European Society for Social Drug Research Conference
Europe,
The ESSD was founded in 1990 as an association of European social scientists working on drug issues. Its principal aims are to promote social science approaches to drug research, particularly support qualitative and novel research methods, and encourage early career researchers.
The ESSD holds annual conferences to promote collaboration and cooperation among researchers working in the drugs field.
European Drug Report 2021 Launch
Online,
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected drug use and supply? What drugs are causing the most concern today? What are the latest trends in drug production and trafficking? Find out more when the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) launches its European Drug Report 2021: Trends and Developments in a live online media event on 9 June.
Wastewater Analysis and Drugs
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EMCDDA
Introduction
Analysing communal wastewaters for drugs and their metabolic products in order to estimate their consumption in the community is a developing field, involving scientists working in different research areas, including analytical chemistry, physiology and biochemistry, sewage engineering, spatial epidemiology and statistics, and conventional drug epidemiology.
COVID-19 and drugs in the European neighborhood: lessons learned from Ukraine and Georgia
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EMCDDA
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Advocacy for science-based prevention: the evidence doesn’t speak for itself
Online,
Objective: To raise awareness on, and interest in, the role of the European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) in advocating for the application of science-based strategies in policy- and decision-making at local level.