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In this issue: 15 years of drug monitoring in Europe; new European study on Internet-based drug treatment; ESPAD, a crucial window onto adolescent substance use; EMCDDA and Europol step up cooperation; World drug policy: priorities for the next decade [EMCDDA]
The European Federation of Therapeutic Communities (EFTC) moved swiftly today to condemn the violent practices apparently sanctioned within the Serbian rehabilitation service, Crna Reka [European Federation of Therapeutic Communities]
The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) filmed the speech of the president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, at the high level UN meeting in Vienna on March 11, 2009, in which he announced that Bolivia would start the process to remove the coca leaf from the 1961 Single Convention as well as the suspension of the paragraphs of that convention that prohibit the traditional chewing of coca leaf [Transnational Institute, The Netherlands]
The conference, ‘Identifying Europe’s information needs for effective drug policy’, highlighted four main themes: Policy, Practice, Trends and Horizons [EMCDDA]
The shift in the prevailing view of alcoholism from a moral paradigm towards a biomedical paradigm is often characterized as a form of biomedicalization. We will examine and critique three reasons offered for the claim that viewing alcoholism as a disease is morally problematic [Springerlink.com]
This report provides a comprehensive review of the relatively new phenomenon of Internet-based drug treatment interventions (DTI) [EMCDDA]
A meta-analysis of 25 population surveys on drug use in Europe was carried out, including intrinsic and methodological discussions and a description of financial sources, timetables and accessibility of the fieldwork and data documentation [EMCDDA]
‘Identifying Europe’s information needs for effective drug policy’, will be the focus of an international conference in Lisbon from 6–8 May. Commemorating 15 years of monitoring Europe’s drug situation, the event will reflect on past achievements and future challenges [European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction]
