Drug-related Deaths (DRD) expert meeting 2018

On 8-9 November 2018, the EMCDDA brought together more than forty European and international experts for a meeting on the key indicator Drug-related deaths. The meeting provided a space for sharing and discussing new data, studies and experiences at regional, national and European level.

It also aimed to facilitate technical work around the collection and analysis of the different components of this indicator: overdose and toxicological information from special mortality registers; data from the general mortality registers; mortality cohort studies; as well as developments in responses. There were presentations from experts from EU Member States, neighbouring countries and Canada. See main findings and report below.