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Terrorism and drugs in Europe

Despite much speculation and conjecture over potential crossovers between terrorists and the drug trade in Europe, no study has examined the issue. This paper fills this gap by empirically examining such crossovers in the European Union between 2012 and 2017.

Publications 1 day, 11 hours ago

NGOs urge: Decriminalise drugs to tackle deaths crisis in the UK

In light of the upcoming election, Labour pledged to establish a royal commission to develop a public health approach to substance misuse, whilst the Conservative manifesto promises to tackle drug-related crime.

News Alerts 1 day, 14 hours ago

Problem drug use in Scotland

The UK House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee calls for an overhaul to the governmental response to drug-related challenges, including significant investment towards harm reduction and the decriminalisation of people who use drugs.

Publications 6 days, 10 hours ago

EU Drug Markets Report 2019

The EMCDDA offers an overview of informal drug markets in the EU, noting their continued expansion and diversification.

Publications 6 days, 10 hours ago

Politics and harm reduction: Four Visegrád countries’ syringe access stories

Policies and public attitudes determine harm reduction’s diverging stories in the Visegrád states (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia).

News Alerts 6 days, 10 hours ago

Scotland's first heroin-assisted treatment service launched in Glasgow

Up to 50 patients will be able to use the service at any one time, but experts continue to call for the urgent establishment of safer consumption sites to curb overdose deaths.

News Alerts 6 days, 11 hours ago

How Estonia became the drug-overdose capital of Europe

Estonians are nearly six times as likely to die from drug overdoses as their European counterparts.

News Alerts November 21, 2019

What works: Testing drugs for harm reduction

As a result of recent casualties, 360Edge provides an overview of drug checking, a practice to empower people who use drugs to make safer decisions about the drugs they consume.

Publications November 15, 2019

Saving lives: Best practice guidance on the provision of Naloxone for people who might experience or witness an opioid overdose

Release publishes guidance on how to ensure naloxone reaches those in need.

Publications November 15, 2019

EU drugs strategy 2013-20 - Evaluation

The European Commission invites a broad range of people to provide feedback on the EU's Drug Strategy and Action Plan on Drugs which will be used as a basis for future developments and goals.

News Alerts November 15, 2019

NNEF (National Needle Exchange Forum) 2019 Conference

6 December 2019

Birmingham, England

NNEF welcome attendees who work within harm reduction focused services in the UK. They also welcome people working within partner agencies, people who use drugs and attend harm reduction services, activists and those involved in commisioning services.

Events 7 November 2019

Angela Merkel's party mulls legalising cannabis in Germany

The Christian Democratic Union says the party is opting for a pragmatic stance that protects health, particularly that of young people.

News Alerts November 7, 2019

AIDSMemoryUK

1 December 2019 14:00-15:30

Brompton Cemetery, London, UK

The WAD london vigil will take place at Bromtom cemetery, with the themes of stigma, community and self-esteem, with a special guess singer.

Events 5 November 2019

The Civil Society Forum on Drugs (CSFD), an actor Involved

The CSFD met this month to discuss a range of issues surrounding drug policy, as well as being an opportunity to plan future activities in the coming years.

News Alerts October 31, 2019

UK House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee report on drug policy

This report by the Parliamentary Committee on Drug Policy recognises evidence that UK drugs policy is failing, and that the level of drug related deaths has now risen to the scale of public health emergency.

Publications October 30, 2019

The uncounted victims of the war on drugs

In the UK and elsewhere, racialised anti-drug policies disproportionately impact minority ethnic communities, fuelling discrimination.

News Alerts October 15, 2019

European Drugs Summer School (EDSS) 2020

This two-week summer school prepares professionals and students to meet the complex policy challenges that face Europe in the field of drugs. This year's special focus is on Hepatitis C.

Events October 15, 2019

International consensus statement on the role of nurses in supervised consumption sites

The document provides a foundation to guide practice, policy, research, and operational decisions in safer consumption sites.

News Alerts October 15, 2019

Drugs: Final conference of the Solidify project

5 - 6 December 2019

Lisbon, Portugal

The Conference will cover the two years of work carried out on how to foster local multi-agency partnerships around Drug Consumption Rooms.

Events 11 October 2019

Civil society actions at the national level: Good practices in the drug policy field: Study of the Civil Society Forum on Drugs

The CSFD presents four case studies that exemplify the pivotal role that civil society can play in the design and implementation of effective drug policy

Publications October 11, 2019

International Drug Policy Consortium

Western Europe