Nuovi poteri all'Agenzia europea delle #Droghe #EMCDDA
https://avvertenze.aduc.it/notizia/nuovi+poteri+all+agenzia+europea+droghe+emcdda_139636.php

EU drug report 2023: 'We never had so many drugs smuggled or produced in Europe'.

The annual study released by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) warned that the use of illegal substances is a concern to the health of people on the continent, as well as its security.

"Until ten years ago when we spoke about drug-related violence, we spoke about Central America. Today, we speak about Europe."

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/06/16/eu-drug-report-2023-we-never-had-so-many-drugs-smuggled-or-produced-in-europe

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#EMCDDA. Relazione europea sulle #droghe 2023. Diversificazione delle offerte
https://www.aduc.it/articolo/emcdda+relazione+europea+sulle+droghe+2023_36322.php

A methamphetamine boom worries Europeans as the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction warns of the growing market for the highly addictive drug that can cause symptoms of psychosis.

Methamphetamine was once legal and used everywhere. Today, methamphetamine is considered a highly dangerous and destructive drug, just behind heroin and crack.

https://english.elpais.com/society/2023-03-25/methamphetamine-boom-worries-europeans.html

#Europe #EMCDDA #Meth #Drugs #CzechRepublic #Slovakia #Belgium #Spain #Norway #Greece #Germany #Cyprus

Some 3.5 million Europeans took cocaine in 2021, according to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) — four times more than 20 years ago.

The continent has been hit by a “tsunami” of cocaine, said the head of the Belgian federal police, Eric Snoeck, with 240 tonnes seized in 2021, according to Europol, nearly five times more than a decade ago.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/news/latin-american-cocaine-cartels-bring-violence-to-europe/

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Let it snow: Europe’s cocaine purity improves.

The "purity of cocaine has been on an upward trend over the past decade, and in 2020 reached a level 40% higher than the index year of 2010," according to the 2022 European Drug Report published by the European Union's narcotics agency EMCDDA earlier this year.

The Continent becomes a hub for the production and shipment of the drug, and officials are scrambling to respond.

https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-cocaine-purity-improves-belgium-customs-service/

#Europe #Cocaine #EMCDDA #Europol