This is a landmark publication on prevalence estimation theory and method in the European Union. The monograph - the result of collaboration between 30 scientific authors - explores the relationship between epidemiological work on the estimation of drug problems and the development of drug...

This monograph describes methods, instruments and indicators designed to enhance the evaluation of treatment programmes for drug users in the EU. Through a dozen expert papers and recommendations, the publication explores the theory of drug treatment evaluation and how the principles of such...

This report reviews developments in the neuroscience of addiction, explores how they might affect the way we view and treat drug problems, and considers the issues that they raise for drug policy in Europe. In language that is easily accessible, the report presents the complex brain processes...

Addiction is a global problem that costs many millions of lives each year and causes untold suffering. It can involve ingesting licit and illicit psychoactive drugs (e.g. alcohol, nicotine, opioids, stimulants, steroids, prescription painkillers, sedatives or cannabis) or other kinds of activity...

Addiction is a global problem that costs many millions of lives each year and causes untold suffering. It can involve ingesting licit and illicit psychoactive drugs (e.g. alcohol, nicotine, opioids, stimulants, steroids, prescription painkillers, sedatives or cannabis) or other kinds of activity...

The aim of this expert report is to assess the effectiveness of existing interventions to prevent addiction by means of high-quality studies (reviews and meta-analyses). For the purposes of this expert report, effectiveness is defined as preventing, delaying or reducing consumption of tobacco,...

The aim of this expert report is to assess the effectiveness of existing interventions to prevent addiction by means of high-quality studies (reviews and meta-analyses). For the purposes of this expert report, effectiveness is defined as preventing, delaying or reducing consumption of tobacco,...