EU drug policy

• Release of the EMCDDA's 2012 Work Programme

  

  The task of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), is to provide the European Community and its Member States with factual, objective, reliable and comparable information on the drugs problem in Europe. Read more about Release of the EMCDDA's 2012 Work Programme

• Extension To The Deadline of the EU Drugs Strategy Public Consultation

  

  The deadline has now been extended until the 3rd February 2012. This is a great opportunity to make sure your opinion helps to shape the EU anti-drugs policy. The consultation is designed to help the European Commission identify what are the EU-level actions on which it should focus. Read more about Extension To The Deadline of the EU Drugs Strategy Public Consultation

• EURAD attends EC Expert Seminar on New Psychoactive Substances

  

  EURAD attended the European Commissions' expert seminar along with 34 other stakeholders from across Europe on 15th December 2011 to elaborate on policy options for psychoactive substances at the European level. Read more about EURAD attends EC Expert Seminar on New Psychoactive Substances

• Council of European Union Conclusions on Psychoactive Substances

  

  The Council of the European Union invites the European Commission to table in 2012 a legislative proposal on new psychoactive substances with a view to revising the Council Decision 2005/387/JHA Read more about Council of European Union Conclusions on Psychoactive Substances

• EURAD's Response to the EC's Green Paper on Criminal Justice

  

  EURAD responds to the drug related issues in "Strengthening mutual trust in the European judicial area" – A Green Paper on the application of the EU criminal justice legislation in the field of detention. Read more about EURAD's Response to the EC's Green Paper on Criminal Justice

• Release of the "State of the Drugs Problem in Europe" Annual Report 2011

  

  Launching the 2011 Annual report, EMCDDA Director Wolfgang Götz said: ‘Europe’s drug policies and responses must now be configured to face the challenges of the next decade’. Read more about Release of the "State of the Drugs Problem in Europe" Annual Report 2011

• EU Conference on prevention, treatment standards

  Published  19.05.11

  Building an EU consensus for minimum quality standards in the prevention, treatment and harm reduction of drugs - a conference 14-17 June in Brussels. Read more about EU Conference on prevention, treatment standards