Drug prevention

Events

Lisbon Addictions 2024

Lisbon, Portugal

23 October 2024 - 25 October 2024

Lisbon Addictions 2024 is a multidisciplinary conference that aims to shape policy and practice by delving into modern addiction science and behaviors.

News16 May 2023

EU Drugs Agency: European Commission welcomes political agreement on new fully-fledged Agency

Extending the powers of the EMCDDA, the new EU Drugs Agency has been designed to monitor drug-related phenomena, evaluate health and security risks, formulate timely alerts for emerging substances, establish an EU drug alert system, collaborate with national focal points, and engage in ongoing dialogue with civil society stakeholders.

Publications21 February 2023

Drug policy goals in a changing landscape: Perspectives of practitioners in Japan

Brewston and Hampton map drug service practitioners' interpretations of drug policy goals, highlighting shifts away from purely repressive perspectives toward health and welfare oriented ones.

News23 January 2023

Explosion in US adolescent overdoses, mainly fentanyl

As drug overdoses, including in relation to fentanyl-laced substances, more than double, calls for youth-specific harm reduction and overdose prevention and management become louder.

Events

The state of harm reduction & effective drug control response in West Africa

Online

1 July 2021

This seeks to explore the benefits of harm reduction as an effective alternative to criminalisation and incarceration for minor drug offences.

Events

Advocacy for science-based prevention: the evidence doesn’t speak for itself

Online

28 April 2021

An EMCDDA webinar aimed at raising awareness on the role of the European Prevention Curriculum (EUPC) in advocating for the application of science-based strategies in decision-making at local level.

Events

Heroin assisted treatment - Saving lives and communities

Online

27 January 2021 - 27 January 2021

Daniel Ahmed will talk about Middlesbrough's Heroin Assisted Treatment programme, the only one of its kind in England.

Publications9 January 2021

Let's talk about drugs - Assessment of drug education in Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, and Serbia - Regional report

Plotko et al. found that, by and large, drug education for young people in the region remains anchored in the 'just say no' paradigm.

Events

20 years of East-West collaboration: Building bridges to the future

Youtube Live Event

3 December 2020 - 26 November 2020

AFEW live event discussing prevention, treatment and care for major public health in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Events

Streamlining prevention and treatment for drug users in prisons

Webinar

7 October 2020 - 7 October 2020

Webinar hosted by the World Health Organization on streamlining prevention and treatment for people who use drugs in prisons.

News12 September 2020

Pompidou Group's European Prevention Prize 2021

The Prize seeks to acknowledge and reward prevention work that demonstrates the genuine involvement of young people.

Events

Virtual conference on drug demand reduction in Africa - Prevention, treatment and epidemiology

Online

15 September 2020 - 9 November 2020

The Virtual Conference on Drug Demand Reduction in Africa - Prevention, Treatment and Epidemiology will take place through a series of six plenary sessions beginning September 16, 2020, through to November 10, 2020.

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