EMCDDA publishes its first European guide on responding to drug problems
Health and social responses to drug problem24.10.2017 Tthe agency’s first overview of actions and interventions currently available to address the consequences of illicit drug use was launched today.
View ArticleResponding to the needs of ageing drug users
Older people with drug problems (OPDP) are considered those aged 40 or over whose recurrent drug use is causing them harm or is placing them at a high risk of such harm OPDP are likely to encounter...
View ArticleUser-led interventions: an expanding resource?
This short paper outlines the growth of user-led interventions across Europe in the problem (as opposed to recreational) drug sector over recent years. It starts by attempting to define and categorise...
View ArticleEvidence review summary: drug demand reduction, treatment, and harm reduction
This short report presents a brief overview of recent evidence for the most effective approaches in the fields of drug use prevention, drug use treatment and harm reduction. It discusses the strengths...
View ArticleApplying behavioural insights to drug policy and practice: opportunities and...
Over the past two decades behavioural insights have grown in prominence both in academic circles and in public policy institutions. Both the behavioural scientific literature and the number of relevant...
View ArticleE-health and m-health: using new technologies to respond to drug problems
This paper presents a definition of e-health and m-heath tools to address substance use problems, and a taxonomy to describe such tools systematically. A number of examples of e-health tools that are...
View ArticleRecovery, reintegration, abstinence, harm reduction: the role of different...
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the different goals of ‘drug treatment’ within a European context and the key implications for those planning or delivering health and social responses. The...
View ArticleJoining up sexual health and drug services to better meet client needs
The aim of this paper is to focus on the harmful interaction between psychoactive drug use and sexual activity. It is acknowledged that in some individuals co-occurrence of drug consumption and sexual...
View ArticleWomen who use drugs: Issues, needs, responses, challenges and implications...
In the European Union 34.8 million women aged 15 to 64 are reported to have ever tried an illicit drug, compared with 54.3 million men. Women who use drugs face a number of issues that vary in extent...
View ArticleHealth and social responses to drug problems in prisons
This Background paper will be available shortly.
View ArticleEvaluation: Project anonymous outpatient drug abuse treatment (Denmark)
This report presents an evaluation of project anonymous outpatient drug abuse treatment.
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