EMCDDA news

Upcoming data on substance use and risk behaviours among school students across Europe

Save the date — 12 November: Latest ESPAD report 23.10.2020  The latest European data and analysis on substance use and risk behaviours among 15–16-year-old school students will be released in a new report on 12 November. The findings are based on a 2019 survey in 35 European countries conducted by the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD). A total of 99 647 students participated in the latest survey round. The ESPAD Report 2019 is published in collaboration with the EU drugs agency (EMCDDA).
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EMCDDA Best practice portal update (3/2020)

Substitution treatment for stimulants users? Finding a pharmacological treatment for stimulant users has been a research priority for the last decade. Many classes of drugs have been tested: antidepressants, dopamine agonists, antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, disulfiram, opioid agonists, N-Acetylcysteine; without conclusive results. 20.10.2020 
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