Despite a decreasing trend of HIV cases among injecting drug users in most of the EU/EEA countries, Greece reported in 2011 a significant increase in the HIV case reports and the HIV prevalence among this group.
Both the gender issue and drugs public politics are a relatively recent reality in Europe. The ambivalent juridical perspective (legal-illegal) to which certain behaviours linked to these kind of substances are subdued, has conditioned the scientific boundary of public politics related to drugs in the EU.
This report provides information based on visits to two methadone maintenance treatment clinics (MMT clinics), and three syringe exchange sites in china.
A recent risk assessment in Romania documented an increased HIV incidence, increased hepatitis C prevalence, recent changes in injecting patterns (with more frequent injecting), and low coverage of effective harm reduction services.
As estatísticas sobre o consumo de drogas estimam que aproximadamente 14,5 milhões de europeus já consumiram cocaína pelo menos uma vez na vida, 12,5 milhões experimentaram anfetaminas e cerca de 11 milhões já consumiram ecstasy. Actualmente, a panóplia de substâncias psicoactivas de uso recreativo disponíveis, com excepção do álcool, são ilegais em toda a Europa
The 2012 report on the global AIDS epidemic contains the latest data on numbers of new HIV infections, numbers of people receiving antiretroviral treatment, AIDS-related deaths and HIV among children.
This report provides an insight into patterns and levels of drug use among the European prison population and examines Europe’s prison health policies and models of delivery of drug-related healthcare to detainees.
This publication covers the variation of the "stigma of drugs" through history, focusing on the question "what are the drug problems and what causes them" and offers a guide to journalist for good practice.
Although the prevalence of last-year cannabis use among the general population is stable or decreasing in many countries, demands for treatment in which cannabis is the primary drug continue to rise.
This network of European fieldwork drug checking services shares expertise and data within a European monitoring and information system. This trend report includes 1,690 analyses from the period January to May 2012.
