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EMCDDA underlines growing importance of effective treatment for cannabis use

Providing effective treatment for those with cannabis use disorders is likely to become a matter of growing importance in European drug policy. This is according to the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA) today...

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Continuity and change: high-risk drug use and drug treatment in Europe 2014

Meeting proceedings include the programme, summaries of all sessions and abstracts of presentations presented during the EMCDDA event incorporating the Treatment Demand and High-Risk Drug Use/Problem Drug Use key epidemiological indicators expert...

Pregnancy and opioid use: strategies for treatment

Illicit opioid consumption is associated with an increase in obstetric complications in pregnant women. It also brings with it a range of potential dangers for the child, both before and after birth...

Pregnancy and opioid use: strategies for treatment

Illicit opioid consumption during pregnancy brings with it the risk of an increase in obstetric complications for the mother and a range of potential dangers for the child, both before and after...

EMCDDA event incorporating the Treatment Demand and High-Risk Drug Use/Problem Drug Use key epidemiological indicators expert meetings 2014

23.09.2014 to 26.09.2014

The original page hosting this meeting including presentations has been archived. Please contact us for more information. This year, the Treatment Demand and High Risk Drug Use/Problem Drug Use key epidemiological indicators...

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What is needed in future drug treatment research? A systematic approach to identify gaps on effectiveness of drug treatment from the EMCDDA

The EMCDDA wants to contribute to the broader debate on how to translate evidence into action and it offers a possible way to support decision makers to set the health research agenda.

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Meeting minutes: 'A comparative analysis of national treatment systems', June 2014

These are the minutes of a two-day expert meeting brining together experts from 10 Member States to work together with EMCDDA experts towards achieving these objectives. Day 1: Development of a methodological...

Residential treatment for drug use in Europe

In most European countries, residential treatment programmes form an important element of the range of treatment and rehabilitation options for drug users. The aim of this paper is to provide a Europe-wide...

Meeting: 'A comparative analysis of national treatment systems', 2014

25.06.2014 to 26.06.2014

The EMCDDA adopted in 2013 a systems based approach for their routine treatment data collection from National Focal Points. The adopted systems based approach requests data, in a standardised and comparable form...

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Internet-based drug treatment (Perspectives on drugs)

The Internet is now recognised as a plausible vehicle for delivering drug and alcohol education, prevention and treatment programmes in a range of settings. This 'Perspective on drugs' charts developments in Internet-based...